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Philip Webb <purslow <at> ca.inter.net> writes: |
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> ... others who are using Linux in high-stakes situations |
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> - even a major stock exchange which has based its operation on Gentoo. |
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Gentoo, imho, lacks a singular, mature(stable) technology to |
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really have a major impact on commercial unix systems. |
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(Local)Clustering. |
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A few years ago "they" were very close. Kernel sources such almost |
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mainstream. Then a meltdown occurred (not of gentoo folks |
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but the clustering geniuses) and progress halted for a while. |
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Now I see this: |
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http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/cluster/ |
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In addition to performance, the clustering will have to solved |
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High Availability AND a method to upgrade the nodes one at a time |
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with testing to ensure that the software (regardless of |
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OS or applications or security patch) works on the individual |
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computers. Then that box/processor/card |
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can be logically plugged back into the cluster. |
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So you get the best of both worlds, many workstations and a cluster |
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for single app acceleration. That will impact small and medium |
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size businesses like crazy. This duality of many fast |
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workstations and a cluster from the same group of local |
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machines, is a MicroSoft Killer. Plus folks will be able to do |
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their own super computing type of processing that only |
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the governments and large corps can do now. GAME CHANGER, methinks. |
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Add the relentless advance of ARM processor for low power and fast |
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shutoff/reboot, controlled by other computers and you can |
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put your cluster into deep (low power) hibernation, all thanks to |
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Gentoo. |
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Cloud Computing is for (idiot) home owners, kids and ignorant business types. |
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As soon as they learn the details of what is happening to their data |
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on some body else's cloud, anyone with anything to protect will run |
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from Cloud Computing. Anyone] with any desire for privacy already |
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have discounted Cloud computing. With personal supercomputer, ordinary |
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people and small business can share data and applications (such as |
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their own credit rating on persons and companies or something |
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like modeling their own ideas on climate change or the farce it is). |
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Gentoo devs solve this (clustering issues) and Gentoo will explode on the |
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commercial scene. Everyone I show how to update software on Gentoo, |
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just lets their bottom jaw drop and are speech_less..... Gentoo clustering |
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is a MicroSoft killer.... |
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Gentoo needs a little more stability and when it provides a really |
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stable cluster technology..... look out, IMHO..... |
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hth, |
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James |
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