After the presentation last night, I did some cursory digging into openMosix, and have a couple of questions.
As I understand things, I *should* be able to setup my primary server as the head node, and then join my secondary servers/workstations into the cluster. But, I'm curious if this would be worth the effort (from an learning perspective, rather than a technical perspective). My primary server is a dual PIII-500, which currently provides file sharing, web, email and database services. Does it make sense to set this up as a head node when at some times it would be the ONLY node? I'd like to add my desktop computers into the node when they're being used, but still keep them available for regular use. I don't see yet why this shouldn't be possible, but can someone elaborate a little for me? (I do have a second server, but was planning on migrating the databases there to the primary and shutting it down). Then, I have a bit of a concern on what happens when I shut down the desktop. I'm assuming the usual clustering activites kick in, and overall things just keep working. But is there a danger if the cluster collapses to a single node? This is something I'll probably play with regardless, but I'm hoping to get some insights that might save me grief. Thanks for any tips. Shawn
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