Hmmm... would this be usable in a web server configuration? Like could I
have 3 or 4 machines, all connected to each other, but having a single IP
address for incoming requests? And, if one server crashed, the others
would still be up and running, and it would be invisible to the end user?
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Randy Carpenter - UNIX Systems Admin First Network Group
[EMAIL PROTECTED] Wapakoneta, OH
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On Mon, 18 May 1998, Marco Shaw wrote:
> Date: Mon, 18 May 1998 16:04:09 -0300 (ADT)
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> Subject: Re: Extreme linux
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> 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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