gontolal

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Hi,

I have two nodes with Red Hat Cluster Suite, when I shutdown one of the two nodes (use the command shutdown -h now) the cluster balancing for the other node correctly.

But when I disconnect the network wire, cluster dont balancing to the other node.

Do I have to use a fence?

I dont configure a fence for the cluster, because I dont have any device for fencing. Is it necessary for the correct balancing?

I have seen that there is a manual option for the fence, working properly and it's automatic?

Best regards

druuna

Hi,

A 'true' cluster has an uneven amount of nodes (3,5,7 etc). If you want to set up a cluster with an even amount of nodes you do need a quorum disk. This is needed because otherwise it is not possible to find out the bad node(s) and a split brain situation can also arise.

True fencing is a hardware solution that can power-off one (or more) nodes if needed to protect the integrity of the data.

The manual fencing is there to provide a test environment. It is _not_ automatic (and it cannot be) and not meant to be used in production environments. Manual fencing will print a message in the log that something is wrong and a human has to take the appropriate action(s).

Here are 2 URL's that could be of interest:

Red Hat Cluster Suite

Red Hat Cluster FAQ

Hope this clears things up a bit.