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Alan Hargreaves wrote:
> Have a look at http://www.sun.com/bignews/provisioning/
>
> DA Morgan wrote:
> > Alan Hargreaves wrote:
> >>>DA Morgan wrote:
> >>>What Linux needs is something Sun, HP, and IBM are working on right now that I have heard referred to as N+1. The
> >>>ability to share CPU resources between machines. Not just software parallelizing between multiple CPUs on one machine
> >>>... but the operating system parallelizing between CPUs on all machines in a data center. And it is a capability that
> >>>will begin to be offered in about one year.
> >>>
> >>>Daniel Morgan
> >>>
> >>
> >>Would the software you are talking about be the N1 provisioning server
> >>that was announced in the webcast yesterday? Not quite what you are
> >>suggesting but interesting none the less.
> >>
> >>alan.
> >
> >
> > I have no idea what was announced yesterday. My information comes from meeting with hardware vendors over the last six
> > months.
> >
> > Daniel Morgan
> >
This isn't it. What I am talking about is about a year away. This is likely just a small step in the same direction..
Daniel Morgan Received on Thu Feb 13 2003 - 01:29:40 CST