[CentOS] Clustering

Thu Feb 4 21:17:13 UTC 2010
Bo Lynch <blynch at ameliaschools.com>

On Thu, February 4, 2010 4:09 pm, Drew wrote:
>>>> Just wanted to get the lists opinion on clustering and what project to
>>>> use. Any info would be greatly appreciated.
>>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> There are all types of clustering. What are you looking to do?
>>
>> I guess the main objective would be availability.
>
> We need more information then just an "Availability Cluster."
>
> What application(s) do you want to cluster? What sort of
> environment/budget are you working with? What objective(s) are you
> trying to achieve? What are your expectations of the cluster itself,
> beyond just high availability?
>
>
> --
> Drew
>
Right know we have about 30 or so linux servers scattered through out or
district. Was looking at ways of consolidating and some sort of redundancy
would be nice.
Will clustering not work with certain apps? We have a couple mysql dbases,
oracle database, smb shares, nfs, email, and web servers.