>>>>> "Chris" == Chris Wright <chris@wirex.com> writes: >> On 23 Jan 2002, Momchil Velikov wrote: >> > "Using a cluster to hide the fact that the underlying systems crash >> > regularly is an extremely dangerous way to manage a computing >> > environment." >> > >> > -- Matt Dillon >> >> Was this by any chance in reference to Microsoft's clustering software? Chris> I think this quote is a bit out of context. Hardware will fail. Shall I understand that failed hardware replacement takes less time than reboot ? Chris> Software will fail. Clustering is one solution to this real world Chris> problem. Bullseye! That's exactly the attitude I have in mind :) -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ IRC Channel: irc.openprojects.net / #kernelnewbies Web Page: http://www.kernelnewbies.org/
