Update: We have [had] all of the parts. Spack had to RMA the memory. Tyr mentioned that his world integration is coming together as well. I believe inventories can officially cross servers, and I know general movement can cross servers seemlessly - but chat, player limits, warzones, etc... all have to be considered still.
Rumor has it that we may even have something together for testing sometime in the beginning weeks of October. Not a def though of course.
Also, I hear that Spazzy has been working on something special for you guys... /shrug
**Also, Napier is of course working on getting all the plugins updated to 1.8. Please be patient because 1.9 is going to restart the cycle all over again. The only good news is that Bukkit already has had 1.9 for some time now.