Re: inventory

[Greg Lindahl <lindahl@conservativecomputer.com>]

On Wed, Feb 28, 2001 at 03:16:56PM -0800, Peter Badovinatz wrote:

> but we still have to agree as to the positions or layout.  We also
> usually support (in fact usually demand to eliminate single points
> of failure) each node have multiple network connections, and
> multiple names, so a single hostname is not sufficient for us.

I thought that in most HA clusters, each machine has a "true name" (&
IP) that's unique and never changes, and then other names (& IP
addresses) that are associated with services that move around when
things fail? A single, unique hostname is still sufficient, and you
can make them one byte. Then you don't have any need for an extension?

-- greg


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