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Date:      Sun, 2 Nov 1997 03:36:06 -0600 (CST)
From:      "Matthew D. Fuller" <fullermd@futuresouth.com>
To:        Alex Boisvert <boia01@gel.usherb.ca>
Cc:        Niall Smart <njs3@doc.ic.ac.uk>, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Distributed systems/processing using FreeBSD
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.971102033446.7453C-100000@shell.futuresouth.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.971101085039.12163A-100000@teel.info-noire.com>

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On Sat, 1 Nov 1997, Alex Boisvert wrote:

> > 
> > I was wondering if anyone had any pointers to information or comments
> > on using FreeBSD as the base operating system on which to build some
> > infrastructure useful in distributed systems/processing.
> 
> I don't have FreeBSD-specific pointers but you might have a look at the
> Coda Project.  It's a distributed filesystem (caching and all) based on
> AFS (Andrew File System).  They have developped many interesting
> distributed computing modules:  enhanced RPC, shared memory, ...
> 
> Search the web for:  +coda +filesystem +distributed
If ememory serves, there was a recent discussion of something like this
on one of the lists.  A reference was made to:
http://www.sarnoff.com:8000

> 
> Alex.
> 
> ---
> FreeBSD:  Decouvrez la puissance de votre PC!  www.freebsd.org
> 

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