From owner-freebsd-hackers Sun Nov 2 01:36:20 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id BAA12190 for hackers-outgoing; Sun, 2 Nov 1997 01:36:20 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers) Received: from shell.futuresouth.com (shell.futuresouth.com [207.141.254.20]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id BAA12185 for ; Sun, 2 Nov 1997 01:36:17 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from fullermd@futuresouth.com) Received: from shell.futuresouth.com (mail.futuresouth.com [207.141.254.21]) by shell.futuresouth.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id DAA08006; Sun, 2 Nov 1997 03:36:06 -0600 (CST) Date: Sun, 2 Nov 1997 03:36:06 -0600 (CST) From: "Matthew D. Fuller" To: Alex Boisvert cc: Niall Smart , freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Distributed systems/processing using FreeBSD In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Sat, 1 Nov 1997, Alex Boisvert wrote: > > > > I was wondering if anyone had any pointers to information or comments > > on using FreeBSD as the base operating system on which to build some > > infrastructure useful in distributed systems/processing. > > I don't have FreeBSD-specific pointers but you might have a look at the > Coda Project. It's a distributed filesystem (caching and all) based on > AFS (Andrew File System). They have developped many interesting > distributed computing modules: enhanced RPC, shared memory, ... > > Search the web for: +coda +filesystem +distributed If ememory serves, there was a recent discussion of something like this on one of the lists. A reference was made to: http://www.sarnoff.com:8000 > > Alex. > > --- > FreeBSD: Decouvrez la puissance de votre PC! www.freebsd.org > *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* | FreeBSD; the way computers were meant to be | * "The only reason I'm burning my candle at both ends, is * | that I haven't figured out how to light the middle yet."| * fullermd@futuresouth.com :-} MAtthew Fuller * | http://keystone.westminster.edu/~fullermd | *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*