hi kevin... wow... cool... haven't seen or heard of nbd...but.... if it does the trick.... humm maybe the time is here for cheap-easily accessible clusters for high volume web/email servers ??
-- only problem now is time to spend to build up the clusters and pull the (ethernet or power0 plugs on a few boxes and see if it keeps working... thanx alvin http://www.linux-1U.net .... On Thu, 22 Mar 2001, Kevin Long wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Alvin Oga" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Darryl Röthering" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: <debian-user@lists.debian.org> > Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2001 1:29 AM > Subject: Re: Beowulf cluster (was: parallel clusters of single cpu boxes) > > > - am insterested too in... > > - if system21 fails...( simulate it with pull the power plug ) > > what happens.. > > > > - how to keep "data syncrhonized" on the cluster > > I am looking into the same thing. I want to keep -- dare I say it -- mail > spools ready for a hot swap over to my secondary server. I haven't fully > tested yet, but I was assured that by using Enbd (network block device) I > could Raid mirror across the network. > > I can't seem to find what I did with the mailing list address, but look for > Enhanced NetBlock Device > http://www.it.uc3m.es/~ptb/nbd/ > >
