[ClusterLabs] Why do clusters have a name?

[Kristoffer Grönlund]

On Wed, 2019-03-27 at 08:27 +0100, Ivan Devát  wrote:
> On 26. 03. 19 21:12, Brian Reichert wrote:
> > This will sound like a dumb question:
> > 
> > The manpage for pcs(8) implies that to set up a cluster, one needs
> > to provide a name.
> > 
> > Why do clusters have names?
> > 
> > Is there a use case wherein there would be multiple clusters
> > visible
> > in an administrative UI, such that they'd need to be
> > differentiated?
> > 
> 
> For example in a web UI of pcs is a page with multiple clusters.
> 

We use cluster names and rules to apply the same exact CIB to multiple
clusters, particularly when configuring geo clusters.

Cheers,
Kristoffer

> Ivan
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