From owner-freebsd-cluster Thu Feb 6 12:20:54 2003 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 36F0F37B401 for ; Thu, 6 Feb 2003 12:20:53 -0800 (PST) Received: from malasada.lava.net (malasada.lava.net [64.65.64.17]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7452143FBD for ; Thu, 6 Feb 2003 12:20:52 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from cliftonr@lava.net) Received: by malasada.lava.net (Postfix, from userid 102) id 87BE617A28E; Thu, 6 Feb 2003 09:08:23 -1000 (HST) Date: Thu, 6 Feb 2003 09:08:22 -1000 From: Clifton Royston To: Gabriel Ambuehl Cc: freebsd-cluster@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: freebsd cluster target market Message-ID: <20030206090822.A23389@lava.net> Mail-Followup-To: Gabriel Ambuehl , freebsd-cluster@FreeBSD.ORG References: <000901c2b8ef$57e4eb70$0201000a@LAPTOP> <20030110132550.A18143@lava.net> <193699876562.20030112164424@buz.ch> <001701c2ba84$6f307010$0201000a@LAPTOP> <37722441765.20030112230029@buz.ch> <20030203123902.D20589@digitalfreaks.org> <20030203083146.A26322@lava.net> <150289965406.20030203194052@buz.ch> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: <150289965406.20030203194052@buz.ch>; from gabriel_ambuehl@buz.ch on Mon, Feb 03, 2003 at 07:40:52PM +0100 Sender: owner-freebsd-cluster@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, Feb 03, 2003 at 07:40:52PM +0100, Gabriel Ambuehl wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hello Clifton, > > Monday, February 3, 2003, 7:31:46 PM, you wrote: > > On the freebsd-current list, PHK is sounding pretty enthusiastic > > about getting NBD implemented as an available block driver under > GEOM. > > That would be the "right place" to make it work with pretty much > > everything disk-related in FreeBSD, I think. > > Do you happen to know the name of the thread? I think some > encouragement about it would be in order. I'd definitely love this > feature (aside Java support, really the only advantage Linux has over > BSD these days if you ask me). I was having trouble finding the thread again, but finally stumbled across it. It wasn't the -current list, it was the freebsd-hackers list, and the subject of the thread was (surprise) "Network block device". -- Clifton -- Clifton Royston -- LavaNet Systems Architect -- cliftonr@lava.net "If you ride fast enough, the Specialist can't catch you." "What's the Specialist?" Samantha says. "The Specialist wears a hat," says the babysitter. "The hat makes noises." She doesn't say anything else. Kelly Link, _The Specialist's Hat_ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-cluster" in the body of the message