Re: Kernel Reliability !!

Sean Hunter (sean@uncarved.co.uk)
Fri, 3 Dec 1999 14:50:50 +0000


On Fri, Dec 03, 1999 at 05:31:01AM -0800, Jene S Quois wrote:
> Expanding the same question, what are the
> features that have been incorporated into the
> Linux kernel for high-availability,
> high-reliability and servicability ?

Years of solid unix experience, good design and non-braindamaged
implementation, would seem to be a useful start to our list of
"Enterprise"[1] features.

Real H/A needs some special hardware support (on any o/s), and we get
H/A for our linux servers by clustering them behind a cisco
LocalDirector. This mean zero downtime even when we want to do
hardware upgrades etc.

I don't know what "servicability" is supposed to mean.

Sean

[1] Enterprise features normally mean an o/s that any "enterprising"
young script-kiddie can hack to ribbons.

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