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technobard · 01-17-2003, 12:07 PM

Thanks for the feedback. Here's a little background on why I'm asking:

Oracle has released firewire drivers and clustered filesystem software (I believe as open source). Reportedly, you can take a single firewire drive and connected it to 2 (or more) PCs via firewire. For more than 2 nodes, you can use a firewire hub. It makes for very cheap shared storage. The advantage is that you can now run Oracle's clustering solution for high availability under Linux without spending an arm and a leg. And if you're a geek, just trying it for fun, you can setup a couple of machines in a spare room.

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technobard Centurion Nova Prime Join Date: May 2002 Location: Oak Park, IL (USA) Posts: 287	Thanks for the feedback. Here's a little background on why I'm asking: Oracle has released firewire drivers and clustered filesystem software (I believe as open source). Reportedly, you can take a single firewire drive and connected it to 2 (or more) PCs via firewire. For more than 2 nodes, you can use a firewire hub. It makes for very cheap shared storage. The advantage is that you can now run Oracle's clustering solution for high availability under Linux without spending an arm and a leg. And if you're a geek, just trying it for fun, you can setup a couple of machines in a spare room.