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Why do you think that only one of the four raspberry pis is running Plan 9? My understanding is that, with Plan 9, you can run it on multiple networked computer
by avhon1 8y ago
Why do you think that only one of the four raspberry pis is running Plan 9? My understanding is that, with Plan 9, you can run it on multiple networked computers, and mount CPU servers, RAM servers, and disk servers from other machines onto your terminal. They seem all set to do just that on this setup.
- rcarmo 8y agoIf you read through the text, it only mentions booting the one machine with Plan9. There is zero detail on the actual clustering part. Just like you outline, I would expect some mention of which machines in the cluster run cpu, auth, venti, etc., since splitting those was actually one of the primary design criteria for real clusters (there used to be a nice doc on the Plan9 wiki for that). Also, Richard’s image (and 9front’s) runs all services on the same node. To break those apart and run a cluster, you really need to reconfigure it, and there is no mention of that either.
- bigato 8y agoThe text is focused on the maker aspect of the project, and not on the software configuration for the cluster which can be found elsewhere. For that second part that you correctly found missing, you'd need to read a little bit more on documentation and other sources. It would be nice though, if he had some links for those interested in further research on the software part.
- newaccoutnas 8y agoThere's thousands of RPI cluster designs, not many Plan 9 detailed guides for said cluster though.
- bigato 8y agoFair enough, but none of them have a glowing Glenda!
- rcarmo 8y agoWhere is the cluster configuration then?