From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jul 8 11:16:37 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 297481065672 for ; Wed, 8 Jul 2009 11:16:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from numard@meijome.net) Received: from eternal.lunarbreeze.com (eternal.lunarbreeze.com [216.227.215.225]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 033058FC0C for ; Wed, 8 Jul 2009 11:16:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from numard@meijome.net) Received: from 124-170-22-30.dyn.iinet.net.au ([124.170.22.30] helo=suspectum.octantis.com.au) by eternal.lunarbreeze.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES128-SHA:128) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1MOUdc-0000kc-UH; Wed, 08 Jul 2009 03:44:33 -0700 Date: Wed, 8 Jul 2009 20:44:27 +1000 From: Norberto Meijome To: "Sam Fourman Jr." Message-ID: <20090708204427.1ff7ba00@suspectum.octantis.com.au> In-Reply-To: <11167f520907021442r735cfb01q141840dbc41333fc@mail.gmail.com> References: <11167f520809061827n431ca05m22878d51ccec8f3d@mail.gmail.com> <20080907213620.02a7143d@ayiin> <11167f520907021442r735cfb01q141840dbc41333fc@mail.gmail.com> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.1 (GTK+ 2.16.2; i586-redhat-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - eternal.lunarbreeze.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - freebsd.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - meijome.net X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Cc: Norberto Meijome , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Grid computing under FreeBSD using jails ... ? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 08 Jul 2009 11:16:37 -0000 On Thu, 2 Jul 2009 16:42:45 -0500 "Sam Fourman Jr." wrote: > On Sun, Sep 7, 2008 at 6:36 AM, Norberto Meijome wrote: > > On Sat, 6 Sep 2008 20:27:10 -0500 > > "Sam Fourman Jr." wrote: > > > >> I am also interested in using FreeBSD as the host in some grid/cloud > >> solution I am open to any Ideas anyone has. > > > > Hey Sam, > > do you have any particular grid/cloud/clustering solution in mind? I think > > that Sun's grid engine works in FBSD (it is present in ports)... > > > > /usr/ports > > $ make search info=grid\ engine > > > > There was a similar,but short discussion in this list around August 11th > > 2008, Subject 'cluster filesystem', mentioning things like hadoop + gluster > > on BSD. > > I know this thread has been dormant for quite some time, but I want to see if > anyone has any ideas how how we could do cloud hosting using FreeBSD > as the host system. > A better way to put it is a FreeBSD Based Amazon EC2. > > basically a bunch of FreeBSD servers, that are in a cluster, and could > host a bunch of > Xen Domu's . I am aware that FreeBSD does not yet have Xen dom0 support. > > but are there any other competing projects to xen that I am unaware of. > > Sam Fourman Jr. Hi Sam, i wish i had a definite answer for you.. my day job has pushed me straight into linux land again... anyway, some thoughts : - eucalyptus , a project that implements, AFAIK, cloud services (on linux), using XEN and/or KVM, API complaint with EC2. would it work w/fbsd? - KVM , there are some mentions of it being implemented as a freebsd kernel module. but not sure how to use it or if it works well. i'd love to hear what solution you come up with good luck, B _________________________ {Beto|Norberto|Numard} Meijome Software isn't released.... it escapes. I speak for myself, not my employer. Contents may be hot. Slippery when wet. Reading disclaimers makes you go blind. Writing them is worse. You have been Warned.