I think he means "Single System Image" ben
On Sep 27, 2012, at 1:46 PM, Brian Empson <[email protected]> wrote: > The SSI I'm talking about would be defined as "making multiple separate > machines appear as one single system with one single process space, a shared > root filesystem, and shared virtual IP". Shared memory doesn't seem that > important, except for maybe moving a process from one machine to another. > Thanks, > Brian > > > > > ________________________________ > From: Otto Moerbeek > <[email protected]> > To: Brian Empson <[email protected]> > Cc: > "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2012 4:38 > PM > Subject: Re: SSI > > On Thu, Sep 27, 2012 at 01:04:23PM -0700, Brian Empson > wrote: > >> Hello OpenBSD world, >> >> Has there been/are there plan to include > some SSI functionality for BSD? I've looked into Linux for this and the > problem stems from the fact that the kernel has to be patched with the code to > perform this functionality. The linux kernel, being a separate entity from the > rest of the system, makes it difficult to keep an SSI system up to date kernel > wise. BSD seems to develop the kernel and utilities as one, lending itself to > easier integration of these features, perhaps? I'd be willing to donate money > to the project to see functionality like this implemented! Thoughts? Is there > anyone I can speak to about funding a sub project for OpenBSD SSI? Or is it > not even being considered? >> >> Thanks, >> Brian > > For starters, what is SSI? As > many TLAs go, it can mean multiple > things. I won't try to guess what you want. > -Otto
