[Pacemaker] I Like This But...

[Darren.Mansell at opengi.co.uk]

Depends on what you're doing with it to make it challenging or not. The
old Linux-HA had a very steep learning curve that isn't there as much
anymore. A decent level of networking knowledge is required but the
documentation is now excellent and with the CRM shell, Pacemaker is a
lot easier to work with.

At the moment it is a great opportunity - the technology isn't widely
known and people seem to get very scared when you start talking about
what it does. It means you can deliver great solutions for very low
costs and you're seen as very capable for understanding it, or at least
making it work.

But you shouldn't worry about how difficult configuring it is for other
people. If you can read the documentation, understand it and configure
it correctly then all management should be interested in is the result.
As you can get great results quickly and cheaply then they should have
no cause to complain and every cause to give you a pay rise :)

It won't be long until Pacemaker gets more exposure and then suddenly
every man and his dog is using and configuring it. Until then it's great
to have a technology you can rely upon to give you great results and
make you look good in the process..

Darren

-----Original Message-----
From: Fraser Doswell [mailto:doswellf at acanac.net] 
Sent: 05 December 2009 03:56
To: pacemaker at oss.clusterlabs.org
Subject: [Pacemaker] I Like This But...

While pacemaker is great, the process of configuring it is still
challenging - the pieces seem to be everywhere.

As a consultant, this is a great opportunity - pull the pieces together
and make it all work.

But, any normal systems admin with a micr****-addicted manager breathing
down their neck
will have a hard time using this software. I was in the trenches once -
and understand why
they may not always read the docs. Someone is always interrupting - any
time of the day!

Nonetheless, systems admins - please start at the beginning. Doing too
much too fast
creates a house of cards that is not understood. And read, read, read...

THIS WILL TAKE TIME - THERE IS NO WAY AROUND IT

The software is already better than the competition. Keep up the great
work!

Fraser Doswell
Addington I&R Inc.


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