Re: intel clusters in a box

You left out an important component: the Linux vendor.

Suse should be given serious consideration. It is in many respects superior to RedHat.

For starters, they use the 2.6 kernel rather than hacking^H^H^H^Hporting new features into the 2.4 kernel.

Jared

On Fri, 21 Jan 2005 08:26:17 -0500, Ray Stell <stellr_at_cns.vt.edu> wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 21, 2005 at 04:44:45AM -0800, Don Granaman wrote:
> > Actually, the Dell/EMC:Clariion)/RedHat Oracle-certified 9i RAC cluster
> > platform has been around for a while. We've had such a critter for almost
> > two years. Its OK now, but there were growing pains. Linux is not Solaris,
> > or AIX, or ... In hindsight, its humorous. At the time, it was
> > exasperating.
>
>
> Two years ago I looked at this stuff and decided my unix vendor made
> me too warm and fuzzy. I'm glad someone had the growing pains. Thanks!
> Bring in the purple hearts!
>
> I'm beginning to think it is time. Are there any other players
> besides dell/emc?
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