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_ (read: underscore) is a set of user space applications and libraries for making distributed systems. This site is about the libraries and programs that are used to make up _ systems. If you are looking for uses of _, have a look over at on _
_ is designed to allow for abitrary systems that run always, on machines that are themselves unreliable, but where the system as a whole needs to continue to run. To these ends _'s goals are to provide:
- High Availability.
- Automated Service Discovery.
- Automated Service Starting.
- Work-load independence.