Prerequisites
Before you can start using CTDB you must first install and configure a
bunch of linux boxes.
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.
Also, ensure that the cluster filesystem supports correct
posix locking semantics. A simple way to test this is to run ping_pong utility
bundled with CTDB.
Cluster filesystems
We have primarily used the GPFS filesystem for our testing but any
cluster filesystem should work as long as it provides correct file
locking.
While we primarily test with GPFS, CTDB should work with almost any
other cluster filesystem as well.
Please let us know your experiences in using other cluster filesystems.