ExpressCluster X 3.1 for Linux Getting Started Guide - Nec

Installing operating systemIt is possible to allocate a mirror partition (cluster partition and data partition) on thedisk where the operating system resides (such as root partition and swap partition.)Disk configurationsMultiple disks can be used as mirror disks on a single server. Or, you can allocate multiplemirror partitions on a single disk.Example: When adding two SCSI disks to each of both servers and making two pairs ofmirrored disks:Server 1Server 2/dev/sdb/dev/sdb/dev/sdc/dev/sdc• Allocate two partitions, cluster partition and data partition, as a pair on each disk.• Use of the data partition as the first disk and the cluster partition as the second disk is notpermitted.Example: When adding one SCSI disk to each of both servers and making two mirrorpartitions:Server 1Server 2/dev/sdb/dev/sdbA disk does not support a Linux md stripe set, volume set, mirroring, and stripe set withparity.Section II Installing ExpressCluster119