[Info-vax] Distant Cluster?

[Ken Fairfield]

On Monday, October 8, 2012 2:54:54 AM UTC-7, Christoph Gartmann wrote:
> In article <k4pl2v$kks$1 at dont-email.me>, Stephen Hoffman <seaohveh at hoffmanlabs.invalid> writes:
[...]
> >The ugly approach is to increase the cluster timeout past your 
> >networking group's typical network outage interval; see RECNXINTERVAL 
> >here 
> ><http://h71000.www7.hp.com/doc/84final/4477/4477pro_026.html#clus_sysgen> 
> 
> A switch requires 2 minutes to reboot. So I think this is a bit too long.
> I will think about alternate network paths.

In a previous life, I ran our cluster with the RECNXINTERVAL
set to 300 (5 mins) due to unreliable network infrastructure.
Only after the networking stablized (that is, after a 2-3 years)
did I put RECNXINTERVAL back to something more "reasonable".

There are no inherent problems with a long RECNXINTERVAL other
than (some vague memories I have of) lengthened cluster transistion
times.

   -Ken