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| author | Amitay Isaacs <amitay@gmail.com> | 2012-10-17 11:27:32 +1100 |
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| committer | Amitay Isaacs <amitay@gmail.com> | 2012-10-22 17:39:47 +1100 |
| commit | 9e4453451b47334d688fb4d49e3a38cb4d5953fc (patch) | |
| tree | 08b98f317e2cbffa346dde7ac923bed510d833e0 /ctdb/web | |
| parent | 46199534b56931662cebf5000fb8fb72df181935 (diff) | |
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web: Add posix locking information to prerequisites
Signed-off-by: Amitay Isaacs <amitay@gmail.com>
(This used to be ctdb commit b3eac871895cc586bcc671835e882b136e466b98)
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| -rw-r--r-- | ctdb/web/prerequisites.html | 22 |
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/ctdb/web/prerequisites.html b/ctdb/web/prerequisites.html index ae2c7ea188e..5a563009411 100644 --- a/ctdb/web/prerequisites.html +++ b/ctdb/web/prerequisites.html @@ -3,14 +3,26 @@ <h1>Prerequisites</h1> -Before you can start using CTDB you must first install and configure a bunch of linux boxes.<br><br> +Before you can start using CTDB you must first install and configure a +bunch of linux boxes.<br><br> -After that you need to install and configure a cluster filesystem and mount that cluster filesystem on all the linux boxes that will form your cluster.<br><br> +After that you need to install and configure a cluster filesystem and +mount that cluster filesystem on all the linux boxes that will form +your cluster.<br><br> -We have primarily used the GPFS filesystem for our testing but any cluster filesystem should work as long as it provides correct file locking.<br> +Also, ensure that the cluster filesystem supports correct +posix locking semantics. A simple way to test this is to run <a +href="https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Ping_pong">ping_pong</a> utility +bundled with CTDB.<br><br> + +<h1>Cluster filesystems</h1> +We have primarily used the GPFS filesystem for our testing but any +cluster filesystem should work as long as it provides correct file +locking.<br><br> + +While we primarily test with GPFS, CTDB should work with almost any +other cluster filesystem as well.<br><br> -<h1>Other cluster filesystems</h1> -While we primarily test with GPFS, CTDB should work with almost any other cluster filesystem as well.<br><br> Please let us know your experiences in using other cluster filesystems. |