[Info-vax] Distant Cluster?

[Christoph Gartmann]

In article <b9dcb6a6-8b38-4729-9b1e-abac00f3bba1 at googlegroups.com>, Ken Fairfield <ken.fairfield at gmail.com> writes:
>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".

Interesting.

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

Good to know.

Regards,
   Christoph Gartmann

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