[cobalt-users] Web Cluster

["Guillaume Aubert" <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello,

This is my first post on this list although I subscribed around 2 months
ago. I work now for a company owning about ten cobalt servers, and a part is
used to provide hosting features. As we need to improve the availability and
want to be able to scale the ressources without switching people from server
to server as their needs increase, I started thinking at a web cluster using
these cobalts.
I understand the principles of a cluster, but I have to face two choices : I
need either to replicate the informations written on the disks on all the
servers, or decide to have one (or more) server dedicated to file storage.
Both seem to have advantages and drawbacks, so now ... well I'd be glad if
someone had done this before and would accept to share his or her experience
about it - hardware and software choices

Thanks to have read my first post :)
Sincerely,

Guillaume Aubert
Programmation, server administration and consulting