Hi-AV cluster disk ownership?

[Ramachandra Pai <linuxram@yahoo.com>]

Looks like, there is no much activity on this list. 
So making a bold attempt to raise a issue. :-)

In a cluster with storage disks on SAN, what is the
mechanism to identify which disks belong to which
cluster?  NOTE: there can be many many nodes on the
SAN, all of which may not be clustered with each
other.

In other words, when a node belonging to a cluster
boots up, and scans and sees thousands of disks on the
SAN, how will the kernel decide; which disks to
import?  

I know this project is in its infancy, but thought I
will get some ideas.

Thanks,



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Ram Pai  
IBM Corporation,  
Linux Technology Center,
linuxram@yahoo.com or pair@us.ibm.com

EVMS Development - http://www.sf.net/projects/evms

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