[Info-vax] troubles with quorum disk

[Ken Fairfield]

On Tuesday, January 8, 2013 6:16:17 AM UTC-8, Pierre wrote:
> On Monday, January 7, 2013 11:07:57 PM UTC+1, Michael Moroney wrote:
[...]
> > You have EXPECTED_VOTES=3 yet you have 2 votes for the
> > quorum disk and 1 for each cluster member.  This adds up
> > to 4, not 3.
> > 
> > With QDSKVOTES=2, your cluster cannot run unless you have
> > your quorum disk's votes.
> 
> that's the idea. I want my cluster to run with at least one
> node but the quorum disk is mandatory. hence the nodes voting
> 1, the QD voting 2 and the expected votes 3.

After rereading this last sentence, I'll say again that you've
made things far too complicated.  *If* your desire is to make
the quorum disk mandatory (why in the world would you want to do that???), then give the quorum disk one vote, the two nodes each
zero votes, set expected_votes to one and be done with it!

Do be aware that if you quroum disk starts to fail, you're going
to have a hell of a time replacing it...  And since it can't be
shadowed, you're at greater risk than ever.

    -Ken