Hello,
I''m looking for tutorials and advices to setup a complete cluster XEN
solution to reach 99,9% of availability of the applications.
My global idea is to get several x86-64 servers (let''s say HP DL580
or
Fujitsu Siemens RX300) and install the same distro on them (let say RHEL
5.1 :-/ to be support for SAP or Oracle...)
With this adequate supply of servers with the same Dom0 version
connected to a 4Gb/sec SAN, I would be able to migrate a server from a
XEN server to another XEN server in case of problem with the first one.
Here is my question :
1) Is my idea reasonable? Can we talk about XEN cluster anyway?
2) Where I could find information/tut related to a similar project?
3) What are the requirement for the Live Migration & how it works?
4) Can I install Ubuntu (Gusty) with para-virt on RHEL 5.1 Xen?
5) Do you have any advices since i''m a little bit Xen n00b? ;)
Thanks you very much!
LMJ
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Jeff Cronstrom
2007-Dec-18 15:18 UTC
Re: [Xen-users] Lookinfg for advices for a XEN Cluster
1) Is my idea reasonable? Can we talk about XEN cluster anyway? 1A. The idea is completely reasonable and doable. 2) Where I could find information/tut related to a similar project? 2A. See below 3) What are the requirement for the Live Migration & how it works? 3A. See below 4) Can I install Ubuntu (Gusty) with para-virt on RHEL 5.1 Xen? 4A. You should be able to. 5) Do you have any advices since i''m a little bit Xen n00b? ;) 5A. read read read Books a good place (http://www.syngress.com/catalog/?pid=4480 Here is a good article about Red Hat Clustering in combination with Xen VM''s. The clustering software manages the live migration of VM''s. I have some VM''s running in this fashion from images on a GFS file system and from physical partitions, it has been working very well to date. The Clustering Software does a good job managing the VM''s and will automatically migrate running VM''s from one physical system to another. 3 - DL385G2 Servers w/4 GB nics, 14GB Memory, Dual FC, all connected to a MSA1000 Storage Device http://www.redhatmagazine.com/2007/08/23/automated-failover-and-recovery-of-virtualized-guests-in-advanced-platform/ Xen management and provisioning tools http://www.networkinginfo.com/?p=15 Jeff On Tue, 2007-12-18 at 15:31 +0100, L.M.J. wrote:> Hello, > > I''m looking for tutorials and advices to setup a complete cluster XEN > solution to reach 99,9% of availability of the applications. > > My global idea is to get several x86-64 servers (let''s say HP DL580 or > Fujitsu Siemens RX300) and install the same distro on them (let say RHEL > 5.1 :-/ to be support for SAP or Oracle...) > > With this adequate supply of servers with the same Dom0 version > connected to a 4Gb/sec SAN, I would be able to migrate a server from a > XEN server to another XEN server in case of problem with the first one. > Here is my question : > > 1) Is my idea reasonable? Can we talk about XEN cluster anyway? > 2) Where I could find information/tut related to a similar project? > 3) What are the requirement for the Live Migration & how it works? > 4) Can I install Ubuntu (Gusty) with para-virt on RHEL 5.1 Xen? > 5) Do you have any advices since i''m a little bit Xen n00b? ;) > > Thanks you very much! > > LMJ > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Xen-users mailing list > Xen-users@lists.xensource.com > http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users_______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
Jeff Cronstrom
2007-Dec-18 16:42 UTC
Re: [Xen-users] Lookinfg for advices for a XEN Cluster
1) Is my idea reasonable? Can we talk about XEN cluster anyway? 1A. The idea is completely reasonable and doable. 2) Where I could find information/tut related to a similar project? 2A. See below 3) What are the requirement for the Live Migration & how it works? 3A. See below 4) Can I install Ubuntu (Gusty) with para-virt on RHEL 5.1 Xen? 4A. You should be able to. 5) Do you have any advices since i''m a little bit Xen n00b? ;) 5A. read read read Books a good place (http://www.syngress.com/catalog/?pid=4480 Here is a good article about Red Hat Clustering in combination with Xen VM''s. The clustering software manages the live migration of VM''s. I have some VM''s running in this fashion from images on a GFS file system and from physical partitions, it has been working very well to date. The Clustering Software does a good job managing the VM''s and will automatically migrate running VM''s from one physical system to another. 3 - DL385G2 Servers w/4 GB nics, 14GB Memory, Dual FC, all connected to a MSA1000 Storage Device http://www.redhatmagazine.com/2007/08/23/automated-failover-and-recovery-of-virtualized-guests-in-advanced-platform/ Xen management and provisioning tools http://www.networkinginfo.com/?p=15 Jeff On Tue, 2007-12-18 at 15:31 +0100, L.M.J. wrote:> Hello, > > I''m looking for tutorials and advices to setup a complete cluster XEN > solution to reach 99,9% of availability of the applications. > > My global idea is to get several x86-64 servers (let''s say HP DL580 or > Fujitsu Siemens RX300) and install the same distro on them (let say RHEL > 5.1 :-/ to be support for SAP or Oracle...) > > With this adequate supply of servers with the same Dom0 version > connected to a 4Gb/sec SAN, I would be able to migrate a server from a > XEN server to another XEN server in case of problem with the first one. > Here is my question : > > 1) Is my idea reasonable? Can we talk about XEN cluster anyway? > 2) Where I could find information/tut related to a similar project? > 3) What are the requirement for the Live Migration & how it works? > 4) Can I install Ubuntu (Gusty) with para-virt on RHEL 5.1 Xen? > 5) Do you have any advices since i''m a little bit Xen n00b? ;) > > Thanks you very much! > > LMJ > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Xen-users mailing list > Xen-users@lists.xensource.com > http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users_______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
Le Tue, 18 Dec 2007 11:42:36 -0500, Jeff Cronstrom <jeff@trunkofjunk.com> a écrit :> 1) Is my idea reasonable? Can we talk about XEN cluster anyway? > 1A. The idea is completely reasonable and doable. > > 2) Where I could find information/tut related to a similar project? > 2A. See below > > 3) What are the requirement for the Live Migration & how it works? > 3A. See below > > 4) Can I install Ubuntu (Gusty) with para-virt on RHEL 5.1 Xen? > 4A. You should be able to. > > 5) Do you have any advices since i''m a little bit Xen n00b? ;) > 5A. read read read > Books a good place (http://www.syngress.com/catalog/?pid=4480 > > > Here is a good article about Red Hat Clustering in combination with Xen > VM''s. The clustering software manages the live migration of VM''s. I have > some VM''s running in this fashion from images on a GFS file system and > from physical partitions, it has been working very well to date. The > Clustering Software does a good job managing the VM''s and will > automatically migrate running VM''s from one physical system to another. > 3 - DL385G2 Servers w/4 GB nics, 14GB Memory, Dual FC, all connected to > a MSA1000 Storage Device > http://www.redhatmagazine.com/2007/08/23/automated-failover-and-recovery-of-virtualized-guests-in-advanced-platform/ > > Xen management and provisioning tools > http://www.networkinginfo.com/?p=15 > > > > JeffHello Jeff & Thanks you for your perfect answer. Gonna check out the links and understand how to deal with. I will bug you if I have more questions soon :-P CU!> On Tue, 2007-12-18 at 15:31 +0100, L.M.J. wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I''m looking for tutorials and advices to setup a complete cluster XEN > > solution to reach 99,9% of availability of the applications. > > > > My global idea is to get several x86-64 servers (let''s say HP DL580 or > > Fujitsu Siemens RX300) and install the same distro on them (let say RHEL > > 5.1 :-/ to be support for SAP or Oracle...) > > > > With this adequate supply of servers with the same Dom0 version > > connected to a 4Gb/sec SAN, I would be able to migrate a server from a > > XEN server to another XEN server in case of problem with the first one. > > Here is my question : > > > > 1) Is my idea reasonable? Can we talk about XEN cluster anyway? > > 2) Where I could find information/tut related to a similar project? > > 3) What are the requirement for the Live Migration & how it works? > > 4) Can I install Ubuntu (Gusty) with para-virt on RHEL 5.1 Xen? > > 5) Do you have any advices since i''m a little bit Xen n00b? ;) > > > > Thanks you very much! > > > > LMJ_______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users