[lvs-users] Why have heartbeat manage ldirectord?

[Simon Horman]

On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 08:31:51PM -0500, Neil Aggarwal wrote:
> Hello:
> 
> According to this page:
> http://www.linuxvirtualserver.org/docs/ha/heartbeat_ldirectord.html
> 
> In haresources, heartbeat manages the IP address and ldirectord
> process on the load balancers.  
> 
> I think I would rather have ldirectord always running (using inittab 
> with a respawn) and have heartbeat manage the virtual IP address.
> 
> Is there a downside to always having ldirectord running on both
> load balancers?

IMHO, no, its just a matter of taste.