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White Paper from Open HA Cluster Summit 2009

“Open HA Cluster on OpenSolaris,” a white paper by Thorsten Frueauf, technical lead of Sun’s Project Colorado, was originally presented at the Open HA Cluster Summit 2009, where the author explained how to set up a system with OpenSolaris, serving as a host for at least two VirtualBox OpenSolaris guests, and shows how to setup a two node Open HA Cluster with them by using technologies like Crossbow and COMSTAR.

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The First High Availability Solution for OpenSolaris

Open High Availability (HA) Cluster 2009.06 is available for OpenSolaris, making it the first HA solution for Sun’s open source OS. Touted as the next generation clustering software, the Open HA Cluster is based on Solaris Cluster technology and provides users of OpenSolaris minimized hardware requirements for simplified configuration. It features IPS-based packaging for ease in delivery and production level support from Sun.

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Form Cluster with Fewer Physical Hardware Requirements

Availability of High Availability Cluster software for OpenSolaris 2009.06 or Open HA Cluster 2009.06 has been announced by Sun. Based on Solaris Cluster 3.2 and Project Colorado, OpenHA Cluster 2009.06 includes new features that contribute to “hardware minimization,” allowing users to form a cluster with fewer physical hardware requirements. Open HA Cluster 2009.06 is free to use, with production level support offerings available for two-node clusters. This release runs on OpenSolaris 2009.06 only.

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