[Info-vax] Wide area cluster, metro area network, seeking info

[Phillip Helbig undress to reply]

In article <sa11hi$cpc$1 at dont-email.me>, Mark Berryman
<mark at theberrymans.com> writes: 

> First, I recommend you ignore the suggestions to add a 3rd node to your 
> cluster.  In your situation, it is not really a viable answer.

It would solve most of the problems you mention below, and also could 
serve as a test node.

> There are configurations that will allow a member of a 2-node cluster to 
> automatically continue in the event that the other node fails.  

How?  If one has more votes, it is essential.  If the votes are the 
same, both are essential.  Unless you mean a quorum disk.  But it should 
be at a third location.