Ok, I've been slapped on the wrist by some actual techies that read the diary (hi there !). They have been informed that the last logentry wasn't technical at all. So, to elaborate, the D-class servers will be running HP/UX 11.00 and MC/Serviceguard, to provide protection beyond single node failures within the cluster, using dynamic quorum capability and will most likely run in an active-standby configuration.

HP MirrorDisk/UX, HP OnlineJFS (Journaled File System) will also be installed. I am not sure what the primary function will be but it is likely to be a Orqcle database server, in which case the OPS edition will be used. Hardware-wise the servers will be equipped with dual 64bit HPPA cpus, 1GB ECC ram, fibrechannel disk controllers and all the goodies. Price is expected to be no more than $100,000 (2 servers, mind you) which is a bargain.

Hmmmm, we could use one of these setups for geek-ware ;-)