On Tue, 18 Mar 2003, John Summerfield wrote: > On Mon, 17 Mar 2003, Steven A. Adams wrote: > > > > > > > > I think ComPaqard calls this Hymilaya (used to be Tandem). > > Did Tandem use Linux? I'm sure I went to a Tandem Non-stop presentation > late 70s, early 80s. > > According to my info (Reliable Linux, Iain Campbell, Wiley), ha-linux > "had its genesis with Alan Robertson's heartbeat code." I think Alan > works for IBM.
Alan worked for Bell Labs, then in my group at SuSE, and now at IBM Linux labs. He contribues/owns the "Heartbeat" project linux-ha.org and we supported the SGI port of "Failsafe" to linux, which included the "kits" or scripts for product failover (meaning Oracle etc). > > HA-Linux is open-source. There are also LVS (open Source) and various > vendor offerings > VAnessa (VA Linux) > RH HAS ha.redhat.com > FailSafe (SGI) > Blue Hammer (IBM PSSP) > and more. > > > > > -- > > > Cheers > John. > > Join the "Linux Support by Small Businesses" list at > http://mail.computerdatasafe.com.au/mailman/listinfo/lssb >
