From owner-freebsd-hackers Sat Nov 1 07:41:03 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id HAA24057 for hackers-outgoing; Sat, 1 Nov 1997 07:41:03 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers) Received: from teel.info-noire.com (slpp-17.interlinx.qc.ca [207.134.144.36]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id HAA24047 for ; Sat, 1 Nov 1997 07:40:57 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from alex@teel.info-noire.com) Received: from localhost (alex@localhost) by teel.info-noire.com (8.8.7/8.8.5) with SMTP id IAA16412; Sat, 1 Nov 1997 08:53:05 -0500 (EST) Date: Sat, 1 Nov 1997 08:53:05 -0500 (EST) From: Alex Boisvert Reply-To: Alex Boisvert To: Niall Smart cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Distributed systems/processing using FreeBSD In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > > I was wondering if anyone had any pointers to information or comments > on using FreeBSD as the base operating system on which to build some > infrastructure useful in distributed systems/processing. I don't have FreeBSD-specific pointers but you might have a look at the Coda Project. It's a distributed filesystem (caching and all) based on AFS (Andrew File System). They have developped many interesting distributed computing modules: enhanced RPC, shared memory, ... Search the web for: +coda +filesystem +distributed Alex. --- FreeBSD: Decouvrez la puissance de votre PC! www.freebsd.org