Extreme Linux is for two or more computers. It allows you to setup these
computers so that they almost act as one. Extreme Linux is clustering
software which allows you to make your systems more readily available.
Which is a very good thing for mission critical applications. A simple
model would be two Pentiums side by side. They have the exact same
configuration and software. Lets say that they are running your company's
billing system.
Typically, one of these Pentiums will do all the work, while the other
just 'sits around'. With this software the two machines 'listen' to each
other, and, therefore they can communicate with each other, and when the
communication stops, the other machine will suppose that its companion is
'broken'. When its companion is 'broken', the leftover machine will take
over all processes that were meant to be handled by the computer that is
no longer 'active'.
That's it in a nutshell...
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