Re: [Fwd: Re: QPID clustering]

[Alan Conway <ac...@redhat.com>]

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> Subject: 	Re: QPID clustering
> Date: 	Sun, 18 Nov 2007 20:50:22 -0500
> From: 	Dan Mihai Dumitriu <da...@gmail.com>
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> I'm actually rather interested in the HA features as well.  Could you  
> expound a bit on how to set up HA using Veritas?  Is it essentially  
> pushing the HA storage problem down to the storage layer (HA DB or NAS)?
> 

I've started some HA work on the C++ broker trunk, its currently in 
suspended animation while I focus attention on performance of the core 
functionality.

So far the cluster supports replicated "wiring" (queue & exchange 
declarations) via OpenAIS, a reliable multicast protocol.

Next step is to replicate queue state. This could be done via multicast 
also but there's an argument that replicating point-to-point to a 
limited number of backups will be make less inclined to saturate the 
network. I expect I will experiment with both to see how it works out. A 
full N-way, all-multicast solution has the advantage of being more 
robust and a lot simpler to configure, but the performance benefits may 
make a limited-backup point-to-point option viable as well.

Thre's some more detail at 
http://cwiki.apache.org/qpid/cluster-design-note.html - its slightly out 
of date as it still talks in terms of the 0-8 protocol, but the concepts 
are pretty much the same.

I expect to get back to this full time within the next month or so, very 
happy to hear any suggestions you might have.

Cheers,
Alan.