17 Dec
2000
17 Dec
'00
3:49 a.m.
On Dec 16, 16:50, Mike Kenzie wrote:
----- Original Message -----
From: "Pete Turnbull" <pete(a)dunnington.u-net.com>
To: <classiccmp(a)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".
--
Pete Peter Turnbull
Network Manager
Dept. of Computer Science
University of York