Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:24:11 +0100 From: Paul Robinson <paul@akita.co.uk> To: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Bob Bishop <rb@gid.co.uk>, freebsd-cluster@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Clustering efforts (was Re: Is this list dead?) Message-ID: <20010724212411.D83511@jake.akitanet.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <XFMail.010724122920.jhb@FreeBSD.org>; from jhb@FreeBSD.org on Tue, Jul 24, 2001 at 12:29:20PM -0700 References: <20010724201930.C83511@jake.akitanet.co.uk> <XFMail.010724122920.jhb@FreeBSD.org>
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On Jul 24, John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> wrote:
> There is no docco or anything cluster related in progress that I am aware of.
> Earlier efforts to kickstart clustering work usually fizzled out into
> discussions of what type of clustering did people really want. I.e., someone
> came in and said "let's do clustering!" and then we had a discussion about what
> that meant and it petered out after a while. Starting with a specific goal
> (web, mail, ftp, sql failover and load balancing) is, I think, a good way of
> avoiding "running off into the weeds". Good luck. :)
So, is anybody else interested in working on this with me? I am prepared to
put some work in on this in my own time, and once this workload is cleared,
I am able to put some company time into any effort we come up with. I need
to get some clear idea of getting this sort of clustering up and running
within a few months anyway.
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