[Ilugc] processor's across network.
- From: Toufeeq_Hussain@xxxxxxxxxxx (Toufeeq Hussain)
- Date: Sat Aug 28 20:42:31 2004
The Answer your looking for:
OPEN MOSIX
www.openmosix.org
From the Sourceforge page, here's an excerpt
What is openMosix?
openMosix is a Linux kernel extension for single-system image clustering. This
kernel extension turns a network of ordinary computers into a supercomputer for
Linux applications.
Once you have installed openMosix, the nodes in the cluster start talking to
one another and the cluster adapts itself to the workload. Processes
originating from any one node, if that node is too busy compared to others, can
migrate to any other node. openMosix continuously attempts to optimize the
resource allocation.
We achieve this with a kernel patch for Linux, creating a reliable, fast and
cost-efficient SSI clustering platform that is linearly scalable and adaptive.
With openMosix' Auto Discovery, a new node can be added while the cluster is
running and the cluster will automatically begin to use the new resources.
There is no need to program applications specifically for openMosix. Since all
openMosix extensions are inside the kernel, every Linux application
automatically and transparently benefits from the distributed computing concept
of openMosix. The cluster behaves much as does a Symmetric Multi-Processor, but
this solution scales to well over a thousand nodes which can themselves be SMPs.
The openMosix Community is very active, contributing add-on applications and
sharing helpful information with all users. The openMosix Add-Ons and
Community page lists these shared applications. And, it is all GPL'd.
Regards,
TH
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