On Dec 16, 16:50, Mike Kenzie wrote:
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Pete Turnbull" <pete_at_dunnington.u-net.com>
> To: <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
> Sent: Friday, December 15, 2000 8:27 PM
> Subject: Re: The debate on what per say is a mini...
>
> > In the end, we found it better to switch one off.
> > Moral: there is such a thing as overkill, and such a thing as
> > over-engineering.
> The second machine when it detected trouble with the primary
> would power off the first machine (Shoot The Other Node In
> The Head). It was quit impressive but had me thinking of
> VMS and MVS and wishing everyone would talk to each other
> instead of reinventing the wheel.
Yes, I must admit when we sat down to discuss the supposedly-failsafe
servers at a meeting, I couldn't help thinking "VAX" and "cluster".
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Pete Peter Turnbull
Network Manager
Dept. of Computer Science
University of York
Received on Sun Dec 17 2000 - 03:49:02 GMT