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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. Re:Firewire is not an alien technology by kenp2002 · · Score: 1, Redundant

    I fail to see how making something faster changes it's nature. When firewire is long outdated I'll call you and point this post out. Bandwidth is irellivant. Does your car transform as it goes faster on the highway? Is it Navy Blue when going 30mph and suddenly turn Pink when you hit 55? No. Just because you juiced up a serial port doesn't change that fact.

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