Re: Terminology [Re: Some Comments on ID/Loc Separation Proposals]

[Brian E Carpenter <brc@zurich.ibm.com>]

Iljitsch van Beijnum wrote:
> 
> On 9-dec-03, at 11:35, Brian E Carpenter wrote:
> 
> > In practical terms it matters very much. If the end point is
> > distributed,
> > multihoming it is a much more complex operation (assuming you want
> > sessions
> > to survive a multihoming event). Perhaps if you speak to some people
> > actually implementing virtualized server pools this would be clearer
> > to you.
> 
> This depends where we put the demarcation point. I think a place that
> puts multihoming functionality on one side, and host virtuality on the
> other would be a very good choice. In other words: this is something
> for the cluster software implementers to worry about.

Architecturally, I agree. The devil is in the details, i.e. avoiding the
need for the cluster software to contain even more outrageous hacks
than today to make the virtualization work.

   Brian