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  <title>Clusters from Scratch</title>
  <subtitle>Step-by-Step Instructions for Building Your First High-Availability Cluster</subtitle>
  <productname>Pacemaker</productname>
  <productnumber>2.0</productnumber>
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  <edition>11</edition>
  <pubsnumber>1</pubsnumber>
  <abstract>
    <para>
      This document provides a step-by-step guide to building a simple high-availability cluster using Pacemaker.
    </para>
    <para>
      The example cluster will use:
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          <para>
            &DISTRO; &DISTRO_VERSION; as the host operating system
          </para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            Corosync to provide messaging and membership services,
          </para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            Pacemaker 1.1.18
            <footnote><para>While this guide is part of the document set for
            Pacemaker 2.0, it demonstrates the version available in
            the standard &DISTRO; repositories.</para></footnote>
          </para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            DRBD as a cost-effective alternative to shared storage,
          </para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            GFS2 as the cluster filesystem (in active/active mode)
          </para>
        </listitem>
      </orderedlist>
    </para>
    <para>
      Given the graphical nature of the install process, a number of
      screenshots are included. However the guide is primarily composed of
      commands, the reasons for executing them and their expected outputs.
    </para>
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