[Pacemaker] baring IPMI, what would you recommand for stonith?

[Jean-Francois Malouin]

* Digimer <lists at alteeve.ca> [20131107 21:46]:
> On 07/11/13 20:38, Jean-Francois Malouin wrote:
> > Hi,
> > After a few smooth years with a very simple but sturdy 2-nodes HA
> > cluster running pacemaker/drbd/Xen I've been given the task to build
> > another one, but the hardware that they dropped on my lap doesn't have
> > IPMI and I will definitely require stonith.
> > 
> > What would you recommend? A switchable PDU/power fencing?
> > 
> > Thanks!
> > jf
> 
> APC switched PDUs. I use a pair of AP7900 as backup fence devices in
> case IPMI dies with the target node. It works extremely well. The
> fence_apc_snmp handler is very well tested.

Thanks all for your comments. 
Turns out that I can use IPMI by adding a daughter management card
(smdc) to the mobos.

regards,
jf


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