“While many specific vertical channels have been early adopters
of clustering technologies, costs and lack of general accessibility
have proved to be speed bumps on the way to cluster deployment for
basic open source technologies. Also, the perception that Linux and
open source has not been ready for mission-critical applications
has also proved to be a barrier.“This situation is something that Emic Networks is trying to
change with the announcement today of its extended application
cluster product line that now includes compatibility with JSP and
J2EE platforms…”