RE: [Xen-users] using Linux as a front-end controller for a SAN?

To:	"John Madden" <jmadden@xxxxxxxxxxx>, "Matej Zary" <matej.zary@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject:	RE: [Xen-users] using Linux as a front-end controller for a SAN?
From:	"James Harper" <james.harper@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date:	Wed, 13 Oct 2010 09:34:19 +1100
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> 
> On 10/12/2010 02:06 PM, Matej Zary wrote:
> > Well, you will get quite nasty single point of failure problem this
> > way, if i'm following the idea correctly - but that might not be an
> > issue - depending on the needs.
> 
> Yeah, definitely recommend clustering two nodes together.
> 

With DRBD you can (in theory at least) make a very highly available SAN.


James


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