On Thu, 8 Feb 2001, John P . Looney wrote:
> I'm working on getting stuff from a redundant data source. OpenLDAP isn't
> close to mysql for reliability etc.
it has slurpd for replication, no?
> Thus introducing yet another thing to go wrong :)
>
true. but it would be more portable.
> Basically setup a database with a load of apps using it (postfix,
> webmail, imap, midgard and a few others) and make part of a redundant
> cluster using SGI FailSafe, and see how it works.
>
ahhh... ok. but wouldn't any existing work in that area be focusing on
LDAP? ie you're creating a whole lot of work for yourself, and the
chances that someone else already has done an area of that work are
greater with LDAP.
Also, I would hate to be admin on that cluster if you weren't around.
still a cute idea though.
> Kate
--paulj
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