[rabbitmq-discuss] How robust is clustering, and under what conditions?

[Simon MacMullen]

On 15/11/12 13:28, Eugene Kirpichov wrote:
>
> So, we can say "either reboot one node at a time, or - if you're
> rebooting all of them - make sure they start in reverse order, or
> simultaneously in a window of 30sec max".

It doesn't have to be in total reverse order, just the last stop / first 
start. Others can be in any order.

> Can we also say "if something bad happened, kill -9 all rabbits, then
> start them in a window of 30sec max"? [I'm talking kill -9 because in
> some cases with messed up startup order, rabbitmqctl stop also hangs]

Sounds reasonable. Well, as reasonable as kill -9 ever is.

Cheers, Simon

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Simon MacMullen
RabbitMQ, VMware