Hi all.
We're looking at hosting a reasonably large site on one (or more) Matrix instances. We're already an Oracle and/or MySql shop, and the thought of a 3rd database environment doesn't exactly fill me with excitement. I believe that Oracle'll be supported in 3.6? If that's the case, does anyone know an expected release date for a prod-ready 3.6 (I know RC1's available for download - but I don't imagine that my powers-that-be would be altogether overjoyed going live on a release candidate :))
Speaking of powers-that-be, they (andI) sleep better at night knowing we're running a load-balanced and resilient web farm (we are now, sitting behing a couple of Cisco Catalyst LBs in a redundant pair). I've spoken with Steve Morgan about load balancing and got the impression that RedHat Cluster Services are an altogether good thing™ whne thinking about such issues, but I've not been able to work out just how such things might be of assistance. Has anyone done anything similar?
Cheers
Brad
First question: Yes, MySource Matrix v3.6 will support Oracle 9i/10g. At the moment, it is due for release in September, though I'm not officially the spokesperson on that, so that date may change.
Secondly, there are a number of ways to successfully clutster Matrix. Obviously, you can host the database on an Oracle cluster. For the webheads, a Redhat Cluster Suite with GFS works well too. It would be good to have a formal discussion with you to work out your requirements/specifications and come up with the right method for you.
Official release date is the 5th of September.
There are a number of options for clustering, but they are not available for public viewing at the moment. If you do contact Squiz, there are a few diagrams floating around that show you the different clustering options.
Thanks much for the updates. Will be in contact about the clusetering solutions as soon as we can.
Cheers
Brad