[Linux-cluster] Announce: Node Assassin - Open hardware cluster fence device

[Digimer]

On 10-04-20 01:27 PM, Lon Hohberger wrote:
> On Mon, 2010-04-19 at 14:48 -0400, Digimer wrote:
>> Hi Clustering folks!
>>
>>     I wanted to announce a new open hardware, open source cluster fence
>> device:
>>
>>     Node Assassin - http://nodeassassin.org
>>
>>     After four months and a lot of help from friends at
>> http://hacklab.to, the first version is done and ready for the lime
>> light! (warts and all)
>
> Ok, that's totally awesome.

Thank you! :)

>>     This is my first "official" open source project, so I would love to
>> hear some feedback even if you don't plan to use it yourself. :)
>
> One of the problems with clustering is the fencing barrier to entry when
> shared data is at stake -- often it's high cost and not all hardware
> vendors resell them.
>
> -- Lon

That was exactly my barrier when I wanted to learn about clustering. I 
wasn't backed by a company, so I had to build my cluster using my own 
money. Fancy servers were just not an option. :)

-- 
Digimer
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