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# Options to ctdbd. This is read by /etc/init.d/ctdb
-# you must specify the location of a shared lock file across all the
-# nodes. This must be on shared storage
-# there is no default
-# CTDB_RECOVERY_LOCK="/some/place/on/shared/storage"
+# You must specify the location of a shared lock file across all the
+# nodes for split brain prevention to work.
+# This must be on shared storage.
+# CTDB can operate without a reclock file, but this means that there is no
+# protection against a split brain.
+# It is strongly suggested to NOT run ctdb without a reclock file.
+CTDB_RECOVERY_LOCK="/some/place/on/shared/storage"
# when doing IP takeover you also may specify what network interface
# to use by default for the public addresses. Otherwise you must