Re: Desktopcluster

[Joseph Garcia <bsd_usr@xxxxxxxxx>]

Matthew Dillon wrote:
> :It actually appears to be more of a four node blade enclosure rather  
> :than an MP box.
> :
> :Signed,
> :Jason Watson
>
>     Yah.  Blades with MP cpus or multi-core capable cpus on them.  Just
>     a blade server, then.   The difference between blade based clustering
>     and the type of clustering that we want to do is that we want to be
>     able to cluster efficiently over a LAN or WAN (i.e. not depend on an
>     extremely high speed link between the nodes in the cluster).  That's
>     what the cache coherency infrastructure is going to be all about.
>
> 					-Matt
> 					Matthew Dillon 
> 					<dillon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Clustering over LAN or WAN is good, but aren't high speed links 'icing 
on the cake'? It's possible to be able to do either/or isn't it?

Joey