“Linux distributer SuSe is developing a high availability
version of Linux that uses the FaleSafe technology that Silicon
Graphics (SGI) has given to the open source community. Dirk
Hohndel, chief technology officer at Suse would be offering a Linux
version of FailSafe to make Linux better suited to high-end
applications.”
“FailSafe is a clustering technology for linking servers
together. The open source community is already working on the
Beowulf project that clusters servers to attain higher levels of
performance. Hohndel said FailSafe extend the availability of
Linux by allowing one server to take over anothers’ tasks should it
fail.“