[Date Prev][Date Next]
[Chronological]
[Thread]
[Top]
Re: Re[4]: openldap-server-2.2.29: multimaster support
> On Lun 21 novembre 2005 10:43, Pierangelo Masarati wrote:
>>
>>> Ok, so syncrepl does not seem to be a good idea in the case of two
>>> masters
>>> in different places. What about the case of two load-balanced masters?
>>
>> could you clarify the definition of "two load-balanced masters"? I
>> don't
>> think anything like that exists.
>
> I mean two LDAP servers which accept writing. In front of them you have a
> load balancing mechanism (LVS or Alteon for example) which dispatches all
> LDAP operations (reading and writing) on the two LDAP servers. All the
> access of this cluster are done via the load balancer.
That's multimaster; I don't think syncrepl has any provision to deal with
this configuration, as OpenLDAP is designed to work with a single master.
Whatever perception a client has of that system, there are two masters.
p.
--
Pierangelo Masarati
mailto:pierangelo.masarati@sys-net.it
Ing. Pierangelo Masarati
Responsabile Open Solution
SysNet s.n.c.
Via Dossi, 8 - 27100 Pavia - ITALIA
http://www.sys-net.it
------------------------------------------
Office: +39.02.23998309
Mobile: +39.333.4963172
Email: pierangelo.masarati@sys-net.it
------------------------------------------