Quorum Server

[Animatrix]

Hi, so i have a basic question , i have a five node cluster and i was wondering if on one of the servers i could setup a proxmox vm instance purely for keeping quorum, ie if i loose 3 server now i lose quorum, but if i have a virtual proxmox purely to keep quorum, it wouldnt run anything no vm's etc, would that be feasable, or even possible.

Thanks
Kurt

 

[wolfgang]

Hi,

It makes no sense to have a Quorum VM on the cluster.
Because if a node with the Vm goes down you lose 2 Nodes.
You can tune the quorum settings but I wouldn't recommend it.

 

[Q-wulf]

If you wanna tune the quorum (e.g. you have some nodes you regularly have shutoff as standby nodes), i'd do it via "votes".

have a look in this thread covering the same question:
http://forum.proxmox.com/threads/23734-Clustering