From: David Ross <dross@...>
Date: 2004-11-24T11:24:16+09:00
Subject: Re: [Ann] Checkpointing Ruby applications (DragonFlyBSD only)

Michael Neumann wrote:

> Hi,
>
> With DragonFlyBSD (www.dragonflybsd.org) it's now possible to 
> checkpoint processes. That means, that you can store a dump of the 
> running application to disk, from which you can resume later on 
> (possibly on another machine). I mention this, because it's especially 
> interesting for Web frameworks like Wee or Borges, which use 
> Continuations and Threads, that are not marshallable (but 
> checkpointable ;-).
>
> I've made a Ruby module around the sys_checkpoint syscall. You can 
> find the module here:
>
>   http://www.ntecs.de/viewcvs/viewcvs/DragonFly/checkpoint/
>
> Of course, you have to restore sockets, pipes etc. on resume yourself.
>
> Regards,
>
>   Michael
>
>
>
>
I'm glad there are others who appreciate BSDs. What made you interested?

David Ross
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