From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 MIME-Version: 1.0 Date: Sun, 24 Feb 2013 01:32:06 -0600 Message-ID: From: mycroftiv 9gridchan To: 9fans@9fans.net Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Subject: [9fans] New wiki pages about 9p services and building grids Topicbox-Message-UUID: 1e625b02-ead8-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 Hello 9fans! After a year away from public Plan 9 projects and development I have returned to full-time work on Plan 9 software and services. Before posting about my current software project, I would like to make note of two pages I added to the Bell Labs plan 9 wiki which are intended as an overview of topics in multi-machine Plan 9 setups. http://www.plan9.bell-labs.com/wiki/plan9/9p_services_using_srv,_listen,_exportfs,_import/index.html http://www.plan9.bell-labs.com/wiki/plan9/Expanding_your_Grid/index.html These pages attempt to summarize key concepts in Plan 9, how 9p is used on a grid of machines and how proceed as you add more machines to a grid and configure systems for particular roles. I have done my best to make these pages clear and correct without excessive detail, but it would be great if some other users with practical experience with mid-sized and larger grids helped error check and add anything crucial I omitted. I also have spent quite a few hours recently trying to add helpful information to other wiki pages and restructure the organization of the Documentation page. I have not removed any information or links although I did rearrange ordering and change the wording of a few descriptions. If you are a wiki contributor or editor I hope my changes are for the better and please help improve my edits if I got anything wrong. :) I will be posting soon about my current software project for Plan 9 from Bell Labs, which is ready for release, but I would like some more user testing and feedback before posting an announcement to this list. If you aren't afraid of Giant ANTS feel free to email me at this address or look me up in #plan9 irc on freenode.net if you are willing to help test my software or even just read my documentation and paper and discuss concepts. -Ben Kidwell "mycroftiv"