[Linux-ha-dev] Re: Shared disk file Exclusiveness control program for HB2

[Andrew Beekhof]

On 8/22/07, Lars Marowsky-Bree <lmb at suse.de> wrote:
> On 2007-08-09T08:26:27, Alan Robertson <alanr at unix.sh> wrote:
>
> Hi, just came back from vacation. This is a very interesting discussion,
> and I'm very happy to see the RA!
>
> _But_ ... ;-)
>
> > I understand.  Also, this particular kind of module is not well known.
> >
> > But, it is _exactly_ where it should be in the architecture.  I'm not
> > completely against putting it in as a resource agent, but I think it
> > would be perfect as a quorum module.
> >
> > Does that make sense to you?
>
> Actually, I think the shared disk plugin belongs into the HBcomm layer
> (that is, as a full means of communication between the nodes, not just
> as a tie-breaker), like the example code Xinwei posted awhile ago.
>
> Yes, a quorum module would be nice, but as an additional comm link, it
> would be even better - because the cluster would keep on working
> completely.
>

didn't robert threaten to open-source some code that did this?