[SSI-users] Migrated processes - what if the node dies?
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From: Chris de V. <ch...@de...> - 2004-02-27 19:33:17
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I'd like to take advantage of the high-availability features of OpenSSI but I have a question: If a process migrates to a node and that node dies, does the process simply restart on another node? Or can it continue uninterrupted on another node? In other words, is there anything like the fault-resistant capibilities of RAID for processes? For example: if I'm logged into my cluster using SSH and the sshd process migrates to node 3. Node 3's processor heats up and the system dies. Will my connection drop and the ssh daemon start again on another node (say, node 4)? Or will I stay connected with my process now running on node 4? As far as I can tell there's no way to impliment this kind of failover but I thought I'd ask the gurus... Thanks, /dev/idal |