[OpenAFS] Combo DB + file servers

[Lars Schimmer]

On 29.03.2012 21:05, Brandon Allbery wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 14:59, Jeff Blaine <jblaine@kickflop.net
> <mailto:jblaine@kickflop.net>> wrote:
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>     Perhaps someone can jog my memory :)
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>     Remind me why it was the right thing to do when I separated
>     all DB server functionality from fileserver functionality
>     9 years ago?
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> That used to be recommended because you might need to be able to move
> fileservers around easily, but dbservers (in particular the lowest
> numbered server) are harder to move around.  SRV records help somewhat
> with the dbserver issue, but you still need to use care with respect to
> that lowest numbered dbserver to avoid losing the sync site.

We do run 3 fs/db servers for 6 years now, changed IPs ones and restart
them once in a while.
I never cared about lowest IP  or sync site, and cell still works fine,
never had problems with syncing DBs at all.
So far: combine them, no problem at all.

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MfG,
Lars Schimmer
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