Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2004 16:09:12 -0800 From: Matt Olander <matt@offmyserver.com> To: Justin Hopper <jhopper@bsdhosting.net> Cc: freebsd-cluster@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Clustering options Message-ID: <20041122160912.L31380@knight.ixsystems.net> In-Reply-To: <1101168686.3370.210.camel@work.gusalmighty.com>; from jhopper@bsdhosting.net on Mon, Nov 22, 2004 at 04:11:26PM -0800 References: <1101168686.3370.210.camel@work.gusalmighty.com>
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On Mon, Nov 22, 2004 at 04:11:26PM -0800, Justin Hopper wrote: > I was waiting for some activity on this list so that I wouldn't just > join and blurt out a question, but so far I haven't seen any messages on > this list. yeah, it's pretty quiet on here ;) > My question is pretty general: what hardware clustering options are > there for FreeBSD? I was looking at the Appro Clustering product that > they have, but they list only Linux and Windoze as supported OSes. I > scoured their site looking for documentation on exactly how their > clustering appliance works, like how it actually presents itself to the > OS as a unified piece of hardware, but I could find no documentation at > this level. The idea of using a blade-style system seems appealing, if > it worked in FreeBSD, which is the only operating system that we use for > production servers. hmmm...my company resells Intel's blade solution, which is the one that was co-developed with IBM. but it's not really a 'hardware clustering' option. what are you trying to get it to do? are you looking for computational clustering, or high availability? cheers, -matt -- Matt Olander (408)943-4100 Phone (408)943-4101 Fax www.offmyserver.com -- "Those who don't read have no advantage over those who can't" -Mark Twain
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