
Chapter 5. Implementing high availability configuration for WebSphere Remote Server using DRBD 95
and is the preferred tie-breaker method. (In our setup, which had minimal
configuration, a shared disk was not available.) The second type of tie-breaker is
the network tie-breaker. This uses the IP address of an external system available
in the network.
The first system that is able to access or ping the IP address wins the
tie-breaker, and is granted Operational Quorum. A good choice for the external
IP address is that of the network gateway. Record the IP address using the
dotted quad notation, for example, 9.1.0.102, for the network tiebreaker ...