The 2006 Cluster Agenda

Published on Sunday, 19 February 2006 14:00

Written by Douglas Eadline

In the past, you may have seen or read about an effort called "The Cluster Agenda". While it has had a slow start, some solid progress has been made over the last six months. The Agenda initiative has been migrated to a Wiki format

So far, members of the communites have provided a "skeleton" on which to build a community/industry resource like no other. This is YOUR resource. No single person or small group of people can make this initiative as successful as a community. I am therefore inviting the community to contribute to a shared open resource from which all will benefit.

A more detailed description of the initiative (including rationale) is on the Agenda Main Page. The elevator pitch is as follows:

What is the Agenda?

a road map of best practices for Clustering
a discussion of the challenge areas facing the community/industry

What the Agenda is not.

a standards document
a buyers guide

Why should I care?

The cluster community is vast. Do you know what hardware/software/solutions are available or what projects could help your efforts?
When someone new enters the community, where do they look? Where can they find a road map written by those "that have been there before?"

There is more discussion on the Agenda pages. Take a look and contribute. It is actually quite easy.