From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Sep 16 23:13:37 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id XAA20043 for hackers-outgoing; Tue, 16 Sep 1997 23:13:37 -0700 (PDT) Received: from unix.tfs.net (root@unix.tfs.net [199.79.146.60]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id XAA20034 for ; Tue, 16 Sep 1997 23:13:25 -0700 (PDT) Received: from argus.tfs.net (pm3-p40.tfs.net [206.154.183.232]) by unix.tfs.net (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id AAA30914; Wed, 17 Sep 1997 00:11:58 -0500 Received: (from jbryant@localhost) by argus.tfs.net (8.8.5/8.8.5) id BAA00466; Wed, 17 Sep 1997 01:13:18 -0500 (CDT) From: Jim Bryant Message-Id: <199709170613.BAA00466@argus.tfs.net> Subject: Re: Distributed Lock Manager on FreeBSD In-Reply-To: from Simon Shapiro at "Sep 16, 97 07:36:15 pm" To: Shimon@i-Connect.Net (Simon Shapiro) Date: Wed, 17 Sep 1997 01:13:16 -0500 (CDT) Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Reply-to: jbryant@tfs.net X-Windows: R00LZ!@# MS-Winbl0wz DR00LZ!@# X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 2.2.2-RELEASE #0: Wed Jul 9 01:01:24 CDT 1997 X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL31H (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk In reply: > We are putting the finishing touches on a true general purpose distributed > lock manager for FreeBSD. This message is a solicitation for interest. If > I receive enough interest in it I will start a chain of discussions on the > subject and solicit core review for inclusion in FreeBSD. This may not be > easy as some of my management would like to keep it proprietary. I would be interested in such a thing... > + What is it good for? We are using it to build our non-stop RDBMS server, > which is composed of a group of FreeBSD machines tied to a single disk > farm. The RDBMS is PgSQL with the lock manager replaced with the DLM and > the storage manager replaced with the DBFS/DIO module I am still working > on. More info please... > If any of this is of any interest to any of you, drop me a line. Please > try to do so soon , so I can decide how to document the thing. documentation is one of the things i've been doing lately... jim -- All opinions expressed are mine, if you | "I will not be pushed, stamped, think otherwise, then go jump into turbid | briefed, debriefed, indexed, or radioactive waters and yell WAHOO !!! | numbered!" - #1, "The Prisoner" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Inet: jbryant@tfs.net AX.25: kc5vdj@wv0t.#neks.ks.usa.noam grid: EM28PW voice: KC5VDJ - 6 & 2 Meters AM/FM/SSB, 70cm FM. http://www.tfs.net/~jbryant ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ HF/6M/2M: IC-706-MkII, 2M: HTX-212, 2M: HTX-202, 70cm: HTX-404, Packet: KPC-3+