Etch amd64 + perc6/E RAID arrays + clustering (heartbeat)

[L.P.H. van Belle]

Hi and i suggest you install debian lenny it had drbd in its package tree. 
 

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>Verzonden: vrijdag 10 oktober 2008 0:02
>Aan: linux-poweredge at dell.com
>Onderwerp: Etch amd64 + perc6/E RAID arrays + clustering (heartbeat)
>
>Dear All,
>
>First off, I've got four PE1950 machines running amd64 etch, each  
>managing two MD1000's through perc6/E SATA controllers.
>
>My goal is to develop an always-available, high-security (high  
>performance if possible) data storage system.
>
>Assuring the security/performance of the storage space under each  
>server is not a great problem (either RAID 10 or RAID 50 or RAID 51),  
>but I would like to consider perc6/E card failure, or the 
>failure of a  
>server itself, as I would like to provide a failproof-as-possible  
>service that would be available uninterrupted around the clock. My  
>idea was to have one server managing two first-level RAID 5 arrays  
>'mirrored' (clustered) to another managing also two first-level RAID  
>arrays, with the content of one RAID array on one server 
>'mirrored' to  
>another under the other server.
>
>I have read up on "heartbeat" (heartbeat-2) and it seems to do what I  
>need as far as clustering servers goes, but what I can't find is a  
>means to 'cluster' (or 'mirror') the contents of one RAID array to  
>that of another under another server. Is this possible, or am I  
>looking in the wrong place?
>
>I am still rather new to this, so any and all advice would be a great  
>help.
>
>Thanks, best,
>
>J.M.S.
>
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