SUMMARY: IP multipathing and Oracle, apache

From: Christopher Ciborowski <Chris.Ciborowski_at_exodus.net>
Date: Thu Jun 14 2001 - 11:31:40 EDT
Thanks to Blake for this response.

To: Christopher Ciborowski
Subject: Re: IP multipathing and Oracle, apache


I have used it with Apache before. No issues, except that the multipathing
takes
3 IP addresses total. While the failover interface will take over the IP
address
of the failed interface, you will need 2 extra /real/ IP's. I would have
liked
to be able to just use 1 IP, since they can be scarce. It's possible that I
completely
overlooked something during setup, but docs.sun.com basically says the same
thing.
If IP address space isn't an issue for you then it shouldn't be a problem.
Oracle
/shouldn't/ have any problems with it, as long as it is binding the listener
to an
IP rather than an interface. Also take into consideration the fact that you
have
to set local-mac-address (eeprom) to true so that each interface uses a
different
MAC address. This may not affect oracle, but we have some apps that encode
the
MAC address in an MD5 checksum, which fails with this type of a setup. Let
me know
if you find a way of doing this with no extra IP's. Good luck.
-Blake

Whatchu talkin' 'bout, Willis?
> All, 
> 
> Was wondering if anyone has used Solaris 8 IP multipathing with Oracle or
> Apache.  Issues?  Considerations?
> 
> I will summarize.
> 
> Thx.
> Chris
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