[Info-vax] Distant Cluster?

[Christoph Gartmann]

In article <k4q337$8jl$1 at online.de>, helbig at astro.multiCLOTHESvax.de (Phillip Helbig---undress to reply) writes:
>In article <k4phj0$8g7$1 at speranza.aioe.org>,
>gartmann at nonsense.immunbio.mpg.de (Christoph Gartmann) writes: 
>
>> Now it is possible to shutdown all the Alphas, the Itanium boxes continue to
>> run and vice versa. 
>
>What does "continue to run" mean?  Does it mean that they don't crash, 
>or can you do all the stuff you normally do, including I/O to all disks?

On the Alphas, the latter.

>Also, how do you shut things down?  With or without /REMOVE_NODE?

There is no problem when shuttin down the nodes. The "problem" is when the
network connection drops. I was puzzled by the fact, the the Alphas continue to
run while the Itaniums don't. But now I know why.

Regards,
   Christoph Gartmann

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