On 8/20/06, Eric Van Hensbergen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On 8/20/06, John Floren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello again. > I've been looking for information on setting up a Plan 9 grid, but > I've been having some trouble. First off, I should clarify--a grid is > the name for a collection of machines including a cpu server, auth > server, file server, and some terminals, right? I'd like to know the > general order you use when setting up such a grid. > It sounds like the first thing to do is set up a standalone > cpu/auth/file server. Good. Now, after setting up that server, does a > dedicated file server come next? Or an auth server? Has anyone else > kept notes while setting up one of these? > Thanks >Some combination of cpu/auth/file servers isn't really a grid -- its just a standard Plan 9 clusters. As for how to proceed once you have your standalone cpu/auth/file server -- that all depends on what you want to do. Some folks have setup cpu servers that others could log into (via drawterm or from their Plan 9 terminals). Other's have setup mirrors of sources and other Plan 9 network file resources. There were various notes on the Wiki, but not sure if they survived the cleansing. -eric
Okay, I guess I got confused when everybody kept talking about 9grids. If I wanted to make a setup similar to 9grid.de, for instance, or any other site that has machines dedicated to file serving or auth or cpu, do I install a file server after doing my standalone server, then have the standalone boot from the file server? I suppose the thing to do is email some of the people who have done this. John -- "The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers" -- Shakespeare, Henry VI
