On 12/29/06, John Simovic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
While on this subject (sort of) can I use a sparc machine and an x86 machine in a load balance situation or is this not possible.
If both machines are running Solaris then yes, configuring them as members of the same SRSS group is supported. However, you should think carefully about the impact on your users before you set up this kind of mixed-architecture group. The issue (completely independent of SRSS) is that some applications are available only for one of the two architectures, while other applications are available at different versions on the different architectures and/or have implicit architecture dependencies. The two latter issues can lead to trouble if the users have a single unified (say, NFS-mounted or even rsync'ed) home directory and the application gets launched on the SPARC machine one day and on the x86 the next, or if the users expect to be able to exchange arbitrary files with other users. You can hit similar issues in a Linux group, depending on the version skew between the different Linuxes, desktops and applications. SRSS will be happy but your users might not be. Mixing Solaris and Linux machines in the same SRSS group is not supported. That's because of the feature disparity between SRSS-on-Solaris and SRSS-on-Linux. OttoM. __ ottomeister Disclaimer: These are my opinions. I do not speak for my employer. _______________________________________________ SunRay-Users mailing list [email protected] http://www.filibeto.org/mailman/listinfo/sunray-users
