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08/08/2005, 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Speakers:
Alan Robertson, Senior Software Engineer, IBM.
Dave Blaschke, IBM.
In this workshop, participants will set up and configure their own Linux-HA high-availability cluster. This will use the new Release 2 version of the Open Source Linux-HA (aka "heartbeat") software. After 15 attendees, participants will work together in pairs to create their HA clusters.
Release 2 of Linux-HA allows for the creation of highly available services spread across a cluster of several machines with no single point of failure. These services and the servers they run on are monitored. If a services should fail to operate correctly, or a server should fail, the services will be migrated quickly to another server, providing for highly-available services. Release 2 also allows for very powerful rules for expressing dependencies between services and rules for where to locate them in the cluster. Because these services are all based on init(8) service scripts, they are extremely easy to configure and manage, and very familiar to system administrators. Linux-HA Release 2 is the most powerful Open Source HA solution available, comparable to virtually any HA package available commercially, or freely.
In the workshop, these clusters will run Power Linux on IBM OpenPower logical partitions using advanced virtualization[*] techniques. Prior experience with high-availability, or Power hardware is not required. General knowledge of Linux (or UNIX) administration is recommended.
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