[slurm-users] Database cluster

[Tina Friedrich]

We do the same as Josef - we run the database on a VM (single VM, 
MariaDB) and leave it up to (in our case) VMWare to ensure its availability.

Tina

On 25/01/2024 11:34, Josef Dvoracek wrote:
> To protect from HW failure, and to have more free hands when upgrading 
> underlying OS, we use virtualization with "live migration"/HA and 
> MariaDB server as a VM.
> 
> VM is easy to backup, restore as a snapshot, clone for possible tests, etc.
> 
> In the past, I deployed (customer-requirement) one site using a Galera 
> cluster, but the high availability solution introduced a new level of 
> configuration complexity, which was IMO not helping to the total system 
> availability.
> 
> cheers
> 
> josef
> 
> 
> On 22. 01. 24 18:23, Daniel L'Hommedieu wrote:
>> ...database reliability in your SLURM environment...