Re: openbsd clusters

2012-12-28 Thread Nick Holland
On 12/27/12 17:25, Jiri B wrote: > On Wed, Dec 26, 2012 at 03:26:43PM -0500, Nick Holland wrote: >> Probably thinking of this thread: >> http://marc.info/?t=117689108200011&r=1&w=2 >> and my two contributions to it. A number of other people provided some >> good (and some bad) comments, too...read

Re: openbsd clusters

2012-12-27 Thread Jiri B
On Thu, Dec 27, 2012 at 05:28:24PM -0600, Alvaro Mantilla Gimenez wrote: > Is not this what you are trying to accomplish? > > http://docs.openafs.org/AdminGuide/index.html#HDRWQ57.html#HDRWQ59 > > and then, adding space: > > http://docs.openafs.org/AdminGuide/index.html#HDRWQ130.html > > and if

Re: openbsd clusters

2012-12-27 Thread Alvaro Mantilla Gimenez
Is not this what you are trying to accomplish? http://docs.openafs.org/AdminGuide/index.html#HDRWQ57.html#HDRWQ59 and then, adding space: http://docs.openafs.org/AdminGuide/index.html#HDRWQ130.html and if you need to move the volume to another partition/bigger disk: http://docs.openafs.org/Adm

Re: openbsd clusters

2012-12-27 Thread Jiri B
On Wed, Dec 26, 2012 at 03:26:43PM -0500, Nick Holland wrote: > Probably thinking of this thread: > http://marc.info/?t=117689108200011&r=1&w=2 > and my two contributions to it. A number of other people provided some > good (and some bad) comments, too...read through 'em all. You get to > decide

Re: openbsd clusters

2012-12-27 Thread Alvaro Mantilla Gimenez
Hi, I am following this thread and I should say I consider myself a totally beginner on this kind of subjects. Whit that being said I need to ask this (probably I am wrong and I hope I am wrong because it gives me the possibility to learn from your answers): is there a way that OpenAFS fits in t

Re: openbsd clusters

2012-12-26 Thread Johan Beisser
On Sat, Dec 22, 2012 at 7:43 PM, Nick Holland wrote: > On 12/22/12 07:54, Friedrich Locke wrote: > ... >> But for other services i don't have now what i could use. A example: i need >> a file system that must expand by adding more machine in the network in a >> simple way. > > in plain English: "I

Re: openbsd clusters

2012-12-26 Thread Stefan Sperling
On Wed, Dec 26, 2012 at 03:26:43PM -0500, Nick Holland wrote: > On 12/25/12 19:50, Eric Furman wrote: > > Not long ago Nick did go into some detail about this very thing. > > I don't remember how long ago or what the thread was about, > > but you might find it in the archives. > > Just search for N

Re: openbsd clusters

2012-12-26 Thread Nick Holland
On 12/25/12 19:50, Eric Furman wrote: > Not long ago Nick did go into some detail about this very thing. > I don't remember how long ago or what the thread was about, > but you might find it in the archives. > Just search for Nick Holland. Anything you find will be worth > reading in any case. :) >

Re: openbsd clusters

2012-12-26 Thread Zhang Huangbin
On Saturday, December 22, 2012 at 8:54 PM, Friedrich Locke wrote: > For instance, for email service, i could use openldap+qmail Maybe you can try iRedMail (OpenLDAP + Postfix): http://www.iredmail.org/install_iredmail_on_openbsd.html

Re: openbsd clusters

2012-12-25 Thread Eric Furman
Not long ago Nick did go into some detail about this very thing. I don't remember how long ago or what the thread was about, but you might find it in the archives. Just search for Nick Holland. Anything you find will be worth reading in any case. :) On Tue, Dec 25, 2012, at 04:03 PM, Sebastian Neu

Re: openbsd clusters

2012-12-25 Thread Brett Mahar
>I'm looking for an openbsd solution for my home since I first throw a glance >at our new expensive 'thing'. > > So what hardware would you buy for an openbsd file server, to get it > fast enough to provide hd video media assets via network? Which set is a > robust and > good solution and tested

Re: openbsd clusters

2012-12-25 Thread Sebastian Neuper
On Sat, 22 Dec 2012 22:43:54 -0500 Nick Holland wrote: > On 12/22/12 07:54, Friedrich Locke wrote: > ... > > But for other services i don't have now what i could use. A example: i need > > a file system that must expand by adding more machine in the network in a > > simple way. > > in plain Engl

Re: openbsd clusters

2012-12-23 Thread mxb
:) A good one! Nice writing, Nick. My favorite: > 'course, most people are not thinking about the long-term health of the > company, but the short-term "what can I stuff on my resume on my way out > the door before this blows up" //mxb On 23 dec 2012, at 04:43, Nick Holland wrote: > On 12/22

Re: openbsd clusters

2012-12-22 Thread Nick Holland
On 12/22/12 07:54, Friedrich Locke wrote: ... > But for other services i don't have now what i could use. A example: i need > a file system that must expand by adding more machine in the network in a > simple way. in plain English: "I'm not thinking out the design carefully, so I'm going to rely o

Re: openbsd clusters

2012-12-22 Thread Friedrich Locke
Does OBSD support it? On Sat, Dec 22, 2012 at 7:02 PM, David Diggles wrote: > On Sat, Dec 22, 2012 at 09:12:27AM -0500, Jiri B wrote: > > On Sat, Dec 22, 2012 at 01:23:12PM +, Stuart Henderson wrote: > > > > But for other services i don't have now what i could use. A example: > i need > > >

Re: openbsd clusters

2012-12-22 Thread David Diggles
On Sat, Dec 22, 2012 at 09:12:27AM -0500, Jiri B wrote: > On Sat, Dec 22, 2012 at 01:23:12PM +, Stuart Henderson wrote: > > > But for other services i don't have now what i could use. A example: i > > > need > > > a file system that must expand by adding more machine in the network in a > > >

Re: openbsd clusters

2012-12-22 Thread Stuart Henderson
On 2012-12-22, Stuart Henderson wrote: > I wouldn't recommend anybody use djbdns for a new installation. Since I had a comment offlist about this I'll elaborate on this a bit (I used tinydns for many years but don't any more). - unmaintained upstream, you need to work out which of dozens of thir

Re: openbsd clusters

2012-12-22 Thread Jiri B
On Sat, Dec 22, 2012 at 01:23:12PM +, Stuart Henderson wrote: > > But for other services i don't have now what i could use. A example: i need > > a file system that must expand by adding more machine in the network in a > > simple way. I was studying OpenAFS, but OBSD 5.1 only support it for i3

Re: openbsd clusters

2012-12-22 Thread Stuart Henderson
On 2012-12-22, Friedrich Locke wrote: > Hi folks, > > i have been using OpenBSD for about 10 years now. It is my OS of choice. > But due to increasing demand in my working environment i would like to test > cluster technologies using OpenBSD. > > Here is what i need: > > File Systems, > web, > dns