分类： LINUX
2005-05-23 18:49:36
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.
Documentation
Introduction to openMosix presented by Moshe Bar and Maya, Anu, Asmita, Snehal, Krushna (MAASK)
by Moshe Bar
White Paper - Security and openMosix by Ian Latter
