cluster project

[Brad Crotchett]

My time is somewhat limited, but I am still behind it.  I have been
working with mirroring servers almost to the point of clustering, and
would love the chance to take it further.

Have we decided on a location?  That seems like a natural next step. 
Maybe we should follow the lead of open source and vote on a location. 
Once we have that firmed up, we can set a date for a 'first cluster
meeting' where at least we nail down what needs to be done.

I was going to clip the section from a past email that listed our 3
choices for a location, but my search feature in evolution 1.0.8-10
doesn't seem to be working.  I know that my work was one of the
locations, and because of that I won't submit a vote.  Whether or not
you should vote for my location depends quite a bit on the bandwidth
needs of the project.  We are primarily a commercial ISP and our
bandwidth is very near maxed from 8-5.  If it will need a T1 (even a 512
frac) or better during business hours, we probably would not be a good
choice right now.  After 5 though, we have a huge amount of unused bw
and I am sure I could scrounge up a port in the core router for the
cluster.

Allright LugNuts, cast your vote so we can get over our excuses and get
on with this project.

Brad 

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> From: Eric Rossiter <rossiter at discoverynet.com>
> To: kclug at kclug.org
> Subject: cluster project
> Date: 16 Jan 2003 18:18:51 -0600
> 
> Hey LugNuts,
> 
> Can anyone tell me where we are with the cluster project we've been
> discussing around here?
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> Last time I spoke with Jared, we had the equipment, but no one really
> knew what to do with it.  Anyway, there's an excellent beginning series
> of article's on setting up Linux clusters in January's Linux Magazine.
> 
> Just a thought... thank's for your time everyone.
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