This is an automated email from the git hooks/post-receive script. It was generated because a ref change was pushed to the repository containing the project "Triton Repository". The branch, master has been updated via 69395960a5db99a0607dbc4e88ca97d868848490 (commit) from e6a02207d2b82af9bd16d1b9e3649f28af8ae573 (commit) Those revisions listed above that are new to this repository have not appeared on any other notification email; so we list those revisions in full, below. - Log ----------------------------------------------------------------- commit 69395960a5db99a0607dbc4e88ca97d868848490 Author: Kevin Harms <[email protected]> Date: Tue Feb 28 02:53:34 2012 -0600 Add STONITH to glossary.txt ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Summary of changes: code/doc/resilience/glossary.txt | 5 ++++- 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) Diff of changes: diff --git a/code/doc/resilience/glossary.txt b/code/doc/resilience/glossary.txt index 3c35ec7..e43e9b4 100644 --- a/code/doc/resilience/glossary.txt +++ b/code/doc/resilience/glossary.txt @@ -31,4 +31,7 @@ ID onto a set of server IDs. This is a deterministic algorithm. The current implementation uses consistent hashing to map an object ID to the N closest server IDs in a ring. This is similar to PAST, except that all servers (and their IDs) are known ahead of time from gossip. - +* STONITH: Acronym for Shoot The Other Node In The Head, popularized by the +Linux-HA Heartbeat software package. STONITH is a mechanism where a node +can physically shutdown or power off another node to fence it. This is +typically done via IPMI power control. hooks/post-receive -- Triton Repository