[Pacemaker] Low cost stonith device

[Dejan Muhamedagic]

Hi,

On Fri, Oct 02, 2009 at 05:22:57AM +0000, Thomas Mueller wrote:
> Am Thu, 24 Sep 2009 16:24:56 -0600 schrieb Remi Broemeling:
> 
> > Hi Mario -- I was just looking into this myself, today.  I think the
> > lowest cost that you'll be able to find is an IPMI card for your
> > motherboard (as long as the motherboard in question supports it).  To
> > find out you'll need to look into your specific model of motherboard and
> > see what is needed (or even if it is possible).  IPMI cards aren't
> > foolproof and have their own problems; but it's better than nothing, I
> > would think.
> 
> i  expirienced more than once that the IPMI thing hung up as the OS on 
> the machine hung up - so no reliable STONITH is possible.

Perhaps it was trying to use ACPI. There's a reset method which
emulates pulling the power plug. That should always work.

Thanks,

Dejan

> i wouldn't recommend IPMI if you have the ability to buy some power-off-
> device.
> 
> - Thomas
> 
> 
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