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Oracle's GPL Linux Firewire Clustering

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the not-a-bad-idea dept.

Smoking writes "It seems that Oracle just released libraries to allow low cost Linux clustering solutions using firewire... Aside from the coolness factor (imagine a beowulf cluster of DV cameras...) it's quite new for Oracle to release GPL software. They also seem to include really useful tools for NIC failover, Wizard building framework and integration of the cluster into Gnome (via a gnomevfs plugin)."

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  1. Thanks Oracle! by zulux · · Score: 5, Funny

    I was wondering how I was going to cluster a group of PostgreSQL servers!

    Thanks!

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  2. This comment officially sanctioned... by netsharc · · Score: 5, Funny
    Imagine a Beowulf Cluster of DV Cameras..
    • in a Girl's College Changing Room.
    • taping Natalie Portman?
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  3. Oh yea by mao+che+minh · · Score: 2, Funny
    Now imagine a CLIC cluster of these....

    Haha get it?! Because people are always like "imagine a Beowulf cluster..." so I said imagine a CLIC cluster! Haha! Genius!

  4. Re:Cheap! by chef_raekwon · · Score: 2, Funny

    they that can give up speed(fibre channel), to obtain ease of use (fibrewire), deserve neither ;)

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  5. Great, now I have to... by Ayanami+Rei · · Score: 2, Funny

    buy a whole new round of motherboards that are firewire enabled! I wonder if you can create ring configs if you have two roots per PC.

    I wonder when Oracle is going to buy a company that produces firewire interface controllers... can you say instant SAN business?!?!

    Just kidding, I think...

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  6. Hey you ! by BESTouff · · Score: 1, Funny
    Imagine a Beowulf Cluster of DV Cameras

    That's not fair ! You just removed an opportunity for a +5 Funny comment !
    (kidding. I know it would have been -1 Boring)

  7. Proper way to connect these by bill_mcgonigle · · Score: 4, Funny

    A cool project like this ought to be interconnected with a Hubzilla.

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  8. .. they're also in cahoots with mysql by outsider007 · · Score: 3, Funny

    I was over at mysql.com earlier and I noticed a large pop-up ad for Oracle 9i and I thought, hmm.. something fishy here, since when do companies advertise products for their competitors? I mean that would be like slashdot running microsoft ads.

    oh wait..

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  9. Re:Cheap! by kperrier · · Score: 2, Funny


    The Brocade fiber switch we use to tie our three SGI Origins to our SAN's storage RAID was over CA$12K when we bought it.

    12K Canadian? Whats that, $50 US :)

    Kent

  10. Clueless Ellison by L33t-Geek · · Score: 3, Funny

    In reply to this Slashdot story larry ellison was quoted to say, "We did what? GPL? Open sorce? And what the hell is Firewire?" -Geek