[erlang-questions] Controlled interaction of two erlang distributed networks

[Chandru]

2009/8/27 Richard Andrews <bflatmaj7th@REDACTED>

> On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 11:22 PM,
> Chandru<chandrashekhar.mullaparthi@REDACTED> wrote:
> > Start up the manager nodes with the '-hidden' parameter. That way, a
> fully
> > meshed network is not formed when the two managers talk to each other.
>
> This doesn't work because then the manager nodes are then also hidden
> in the site where they are meant to be a normal member.
>

True - but can you not configure the nodes you are supposed to connect to
and just ping them? That'll setup your internal mesh. And if an mnesia
schema is shared across these nodes, they'll connect up to each other
regardless of whether the node is set to be hidden.

Chandru