From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: Date: Sun, 20 Aug 2006 16:08:56 -0500 From: "Eric Van Hensbergen" To: "Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs" <9fans@cse.psu.edu> Subject: Re: [9fans] grid setup procedure In-Reply-To: <7d3530220608201049u308d4cd5i975e2542726a2aeb@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <7d3530220608201049u308d4cd5i975e2542726a2aeb@mail.gmail.com> Topicbox-Message-UUID: a4aa09f0-ead1-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 On 8/20/06, John Floren wrote: > Hello again. > I've been looking for information on setting up a Plan 9 grid, but > I've been having some trouble. First off, I should clarify--a grid is > the name for a collection of machines including a cpu server, auth > server, file server, and some terminals, right? I'd like to know the > general order you use when setting up such a grid. > It sounds like the first thing to do is set up a standalone > cpu/auth/file server. Good. Now, after setting up that server, does a > dedicated file server come next? Or an auth server? Has anyone else > kept notes while setting up one of these? > Thanks > Some combination of cpu/auth/file servers isn't really a grid -- its just a standard Plan 9 clusters. As for how to proceed once you have your standalone cpu/auth/file server -- that all depends on what you want to do. Some folks have setup cpu servers that others could log into (via drawterm or from their Plan 9 terminals). Other's have setup mirrors of sources and other Plan 9 network file resources. There were various notes on the Wiki, but not sure if they survived the cleansing. -eric