[HECnet] Getting a virtual cluster connected

[Brian Schenkenberger, VAXman-]

Cory Smelosky <b4 at gewt.net> writes: 


On 25 Dec 2012, at 15:21, Dave McGuire <mcguire at neurotica.com> wrote: 

On 12/25/2012 03:07 PM, Cory Smelosky wrote: >>>> Ah.   Is any sort of
encryption done for cluster-over-IP? >>>=20 >>> Oh heck no.   That sort
of overhead's resultant latency would destroy >>> the performance of a
cluster on all but the very fastest of = machines. >>=20 >> Ah, right,
I'm forgetting that clustering sends a lot of data. >=20 >   Yes, and
it's all pretty latency-sensitive. 

Now I want to set up a cluster and intentionally crash it just to see =
how exactly it all falls over. 

Falls or fails?   Neither.

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