From owner-freebsd-cluster@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 23 00:29:46 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 40B2616A4CE for ; Tue, 23 Nov 2004 00:29:46 +0000 (GMT) Received: from knight.ixsystems.net (afg.ixsystems.net [206.40.55.73]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 103A143D5C for ; Tue, 23 Nov 2004 00:29:46 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from matto@knight.ixsystems.net) Received: from knight.ixsystems.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by knight.ixsystems.net (8.12.10/8.11.6) with ESMTP id iAN09CZU058339; Mon, 22 Nov 2004 16:09:13 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from matto@knight.ixsystems.net) Received: (from matto@localhost) by knight.ixsystems.net (8.12.10/8.12.9/Submit) id iAN09CWj058338; Mon, 22 Nov 2004 16:09:12 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from matto) Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2004 16:09:12 -0800 From: Matt Olander To: Justin Hopper Message-ID: <20041122160912.L31380@knight.ixsystems.net> References: <1101168686.3370.210.camel@work.gusalmighty.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: <1101168686.3370.210.camel@work.gusalmighty.com>; from jhopper@bsdhosting.net on Mon, Nov 22, 2004 at 04:11:26PM -0800 cc: freebsd-cluster@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 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 00:29:46 -0000 On Mon, Nov 22, 2004 at 04:11:26PM -0800, Justin Hopper wrote: > 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. yeah, it's pretty quiet on here ;) > 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. hmmm...my company resells Intel's blade solution, which is the one that was co-developed with IBM. but it's not really a 'hardware clustering' option. what are you trying to get it to do? are you looking for computational clustering, or high availability? cheers, -matt -- Matt Olander (408)943-4100 Phone (408)943-4101 Fax www.offmyserver.com -- "Those who don't read have no advantage over those who can't" -Mark Twain