Pacemaker and the recent GitHub service interruption

Posted on Wed 26 September 2012 in blog • Tagged with MySQL, Pacemaker • 7 min read

It never fails. Someone manages to break their Pacemaker cluster, and Henrik starts preaching his usual sermon of why Pacemaker is terrible and why you should never-ever use it. And when that someone is GitHub, which we all know, use and love, then that sermon gets a bit of excess attention. Let’s take a quick look at the facts.


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Speaking and BoFing at CloudOpen in San Diego!

Posted on Mon 20 August 2012 in blog • Tagged with Ceph, Conference, high availability, OpenStack • 2 min read

Next week, I will be speaking at the inaugural CloudOpen conference in San Diego. This is your chance to learn about OpenStack high availability and Ceph!

August 29-31, San Diego hosts the first CloudOpen conference, colocated with LinuxCon North America. CloudOpen is the Linux Foundation’s brand new, stack-agnostic cloud …


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An exciting day for the Ceph community

Posted on Thu 03 May 2012 in blog • Tagged with Ceph • 2 min read

Today, as you’ve probably noticed if you’re following the development of the Ceph stack, something mighty cool has been happening. The ceph.com web site received a major makeover with a slick new design, and the people behind Ceph have announced the launch of a brand new company …


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A look back at my first OpenStack Design Summit & Conference

Posted on Tue 24 April 2012 in blog • Tagged with Conference, OpenStack • 2 min read

I’ve just returned from the OpenStack Folsom Design Summit and Spring 2012 Conference, and am finally getting rid of my jet lag. Here’s a summary of what’s been a mind-blowing conference experience for me.


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Speaking at OSCON 2012

Posted on Tue 03 April 2012 in blog • Tagged with Conference, OpenStack, OSCON • 1 min read

I’ll be speaking at OSCON 2012 in Portland, on high availability in OpenStack.

I learned from O’Reilly yesterday that my presentation proposal for this year’s OSCON, which takes place July 16-20, 2012 in Portland, Oregon, has been accepted. As this is my first OSCON speaking slot (actually …


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