Pacemaker
Cluster Resource Manager
- Pacemaker is an Open Source, - High Availability + Pacemaker is an open source, + high availability resource manager suitable for both small and large clusters.
You can stay up to date with the Pacemaker project by subscribing to our - - news and/or - site updates feeds. -
A good first step is always to check out the FAQ and documentation. Otherwise, many members of the community hang out on irc and are happy to answer questions. We are spread out over many timezones though (and have day jobs), so you may need to be patient when waiting for a reply.
Extended or complex issues might be better sent to the - relevant mailing list(s) + relevant mailing list (you'll need to subscribe in order to send messages). - Don't worry if you pick the wrong one, many of us are on - multiple lists and someone will suggest a more appropriate - forum if necessary.
People new to the project, or Open Source generally, are encouraged to read Getting Answers by Mike Ash from Rogue Amoeba. It provides some very good tips on effective communication with groups such as this one. Following the advice it contains will greatly increase the chance of a quick and helpful reply.
Bugs and other problems can also be reported via Bugzilla.
Or if you already know the solution, submit a patch against our GitHub repository.
The development of most of the ClusterLabs-related projects take place as part of the ClusterLabs organization at Github, and the source code and issue trackers for these projects can be found there.
If you find this project useful, you may want to consider supporting its future development. There are a number of ways to support the project (in no particular order):
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"The definitive open-source high-availability stack for the Linux platform builds upon the Pacemaker cluster resource manager." -- LINUX Journal, "Ahead of the Pack: the Pacemaker High-Availability Stack"
- Pacemaker has been around - since 2004 - and is primarily a collaborative effort - between Red Hat - and SuSE. However, we also - receive considerable help and support from the folks - at LinBit and the community in - general. -
-- The core Pacemaker team is made up of full-time developers from - Australia, the Czech Republic, the USA, and Germany. Contributions to the code or - documentation are always welcome. + Pacemaker has been around since + 2004 + and is a collaborative effort by the ClusterLabs community, including + full-time developers with + Red Hat + and SuSE.
Pacemaker ships with most modern Linux distributions and has been deployed in many critical environments including Deutsche Flugsicherung GmbH (DFS) which uses Pacemaker to ensure its air traffic control systems are always available.
- Currently Andrew Beekhof is - the project lead for Pacemaker. + Andrew Beekhof was + Pacemaker's original author and long-time project lead. The current + project lead is Ken Gaillot.