Re: md on shared storage

Joel Becker (Joel.Becker@oracle.com)
Wed, 13 Nov 2002 09:25:30 -0800

On Wed, Nov 13, 2002 at 10:17:08AM -0700, Steven Dake wrote:
> Another method is to lock an md array to a specific host. This method
> requires no DLM (since there is no shared write to the same array
> capability).

But the entire point is to share access. Otherwise it is pretty
uninteresting.
If you want a failover setup, there is no need for md locking
either. Simply have the backup node not start the md until the failover
happens.

Joel

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