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Matt Dillon On FreeBSD 5.0 VM System And More
JigSaw writes: "OSNews features a very interesting interview regarding FreeBSD 5 with the guy responsible for the very good (technically) FreeBSD VM among other things. Matt Dillon talks about everything: FreeBSD 5, Linux, .NET and much more. Additionally, OSNews also includes two mini interviews with the NetBSD and OpenBSD head developers."
1) And if you didn't hear me mention so-called 'clustering' solutions currently available from unnamed vendors, it's because they can't actually deliver these things -- not true Q.O.S. That's my opinion, anyway. Using a cluster to hide the fact that the underlying systems crash regularly is an extremely dangerous way to manage a computing environment.
Bullshit. No amount of bug fixes will eliminate crashes. I've seen smoke pouring from servers due to short circuts on the motherboard. I've seen array controlers give up the ghost, network cards bid this cruel world goodbye and absent minded tech power cycle the wrong box. I've worked for 3 (!) companies that have had entire datacenters lose power due to human error (Microsoft, Voicestream and Group Health).
Crashes happen and you have to have redundancy to deal with this. If you want to see a truly stable system, don't look at any Un*x. Un*x clustering solutions are bolted on and it shows. You want to look at a real high availability system like a Tandem system.
On a Tandem system you can lose a processor without dropping a single connection. You can lose a server and recover. It's built fault tolerant from the ground up.
If you're serious about high availability, this is the only way to go. Unix clustering is mostly shit - you really don't want it running a system that absolutely, positively can't go down.
Sure NT clustering is worse -- I did a study at Voicestream and found that our NT clusters had more downtime on average than our standalone NT systems, but Un*x clustering is nothing to write home about either. Saying that Un*x is more stable than NT is like saying that it's better to drink urine than eat shit. Sure it's true, but it's missing the big picture. VMS clusters are more stable than any Un*x solution and Tandem systems won't go down even if you start smashing processors with a mallet. That's what real stability means.
--Shoeboy
I hate to post flamebait, but notice how Theo's being something of a prick as usual. That guy needs to lighten up.
I don't think now is a very good time for BSD people to try and take cheap shots about the "GPL non-business models". Let's not forget Wind River just dumped BSD on their ass after no other companies would touch it with a ten foot pole.
Theo being a Prick ?
Isn't that SOP for him. He REALLY needs to learn how to work and play with others.
It would be nice if he, and the NETBSD and FreeBSD could - unfork into a single coherent BSD system instead of 3 splintered ones (with different focus's)..
UPS Sucks