From owner-freebsd-cluster@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 23 00:11:28 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-cluster@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C18F416A4CE for ; Tue, 23 Nov 2004 00:11:28 +0000 (GMT) Received: from bsdhosting.net (bsdhosting.net [65.39.221.113]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 3BF2743D31 for ; Tue, 23 Nov 2004 00:11:28 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jhopper@bsdhosting.net) Received: (qmail 71883 invoked from network); 23 Nov 2004 00:09:36 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO ?192.168.1.2?) (jhopper@bsdhosting.net@65.39.221.113) by bsdhosting.net with SMTP; 23 Nov 2004 00:09:36 -0000 From: Justin Hopper To: freebsd-cluster@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1101168686.3370.210.camel@work.gusalmighty.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2004 16:11:26 -0800 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Clustering options X-BeenThere: freebsd-cluster@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Clustering FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2004 00:11:28 -0000 I was waiting for some activity on this list so that I wouldn't just join and blurt out a question, but so far I haven't seen any messages on this list. My question is pretty general: what hardware clustering options are there for FreeBSD? I was looking at the Appro Clustering product that they have, but they list only Linux and Windoze as supported OSes. I scoured their site looking for documentation on exactly how their clustering appliance works, like how it actually presents itself to the OS as a unified piece of hardware, but I could find no documentation at this level. The idea of using a blade-style system seems appealing, if it worked in FreeBSD, which is the only operating system that we use for production servers. Any thoughts? -- Justin Hopper UNIX Systems Engineer BSDHosting.net Hosting Division of Digital Oasys Inc. http://www.bsdhosting.net