RE: Slightly off-topic: Any good/bad experiences with Hi gh-Availability Linux clusters ?

["Linder, Daniel G." <Daniel.Linder () NorstanConsulting com>]

Tobias,

You wrote:
> I need to build a 2-3 node HA cluster for one of our customers.
> My boss would like to see these machines running on linux (cause
> it´s the cheapest solution...). I´ve browsed the web for approx.
> 9 hours but none of the solutions I found looked really stable/mature.
> My favorites up to now are Eddie and "heartbeat" (Linux-HA project).

Boy, does this scare me...  You're building a High Availability system for a
customer, yet you want the cheapest solution...  If this "Cut-Rate High
Availability Cluster" goes down, will it be that "cheap" anymore to the
customer?  I sure hope this is for a test environment.  I digress...

On to the question.  I have heard good things about "TurboLinux", but you
might check out "Linux clustering cornucopia" at LinuxWorld.com
(http://www.linuxworld.com/linuxworld/lw-2000-03/lw-03-clustering.html).
I'm right in the middle of reading through it so I can't judge if it will
help or not.

Do you have any more information on this mini-cluster?  Are you just looking
for automatic failover of processes, or load balancing between some web
servers?

Good luck!

Dan