Re: [Xen-users] Server purchase pointers

[Bart Coninckx <bart.coninckx@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On 02/23/12 10:41, Fajar A. Nugraha wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 4:28 PM, Bart Coninckx<bart.coninckx@xxxxxxxxxx>  wrote:
> > Hi list,
> >
> > would briefly like to get your ideas on this. I understand this is a
> > subjective matter, but I'd like some pointers anyway.
> >
> > I'm planning to make a HA Xen solution based on DRBD and Pacemaker, mainly
> > serving as a disaster recovery solution for my customers.
> have you tried drbd with xen?
yes, that's what I'm saying

> It will daily sync their files and mails (rsync, imapsync) and in case of
> disaster they can access this info by means of web based applications.
>
> So I'm basically looking for a budget friendly rack server with good Linux
> support (will probably be using SLES11).
> I'd actually suggest you buy a third one, with lots of internal disks,
> and install whatever OS you're familiar with to act as block storage
> server. Example: openindiana + nappit + iscsi, SLES + aoe, etc.
That would be a single point of failure, rendering the "frontend" 
cluster kinda useless, except for load balancing. I plan to go for dual 
primary - cost is an issue, so limitation to two servers is key,
thx;


B.


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