Date: Fri, 29 May 1998 15:14:02 -0400 From: sbabkin@dcn.att.com To: wilko@yedi.iaf.nl Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: What to do with this thing ?! Message-ID: <C50B6FBA632FD111AF0F0000C0AD71EEFF8AF8@dcn71.dcn.att.com>
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> ---------- > From: Wilko Bulte[SMTP:wilko@yedi.iaf.nl] > > As sbabkin@dcn.att.com wrote... > > > Why would anyone want an extension of this kind ? There exists > > a class of paranoia requiring the master and backup > > servers be located as far from each other as possible to > > protect from disasters like fire. Sure, the automatic fire fighting > > systems do exist but would a computer work soon after a freon > > bath or covered by lots of dust from smoke generators ? > > Well, if you could see the amount of questions we get at my employer > rest assured people *do* want these things. > Would your employer be interested in such a thing ? :-) > > So, the first question is: does anybody see any commercial > perspectives > > for this project ? May be in the low-end server market ? May be, > > for non-Unix servers ? If yes, I would like to hear any offers :-) > > Well, look at the website of EMC2 for example. This is viable, but it > will > I know, I had a talk with EMC peoples about their products (on an unrelated matter). But they are working at the high-end and top-end servers market. > probably only fly if there is a big organisation backing it. > :-( -Sergey To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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