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NAME

       openMosix  -a Linux kernel extension for single-system image clustering.

       http://openmosix.sourceforge.net/

SYNOPSIS

       openMosix

DESCRIPTION

       openMosix  is  a  Linux  kernel extension for single-system image clustering.  This kernel extension turns a network of ordinary
       IA-32 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 lin-
       early  scalable and adaptive. With openMosix' Auto Discovery, a new node can be added while the cluster is running and the clus-
       ter 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

       http://sourceforge.net/docman/display_doc.php?docid=10390&group_id=46729
       openMosix Internals: How openMosix Works
       by Moshe Bar

       http://sourceforge.net/docman/display_doc.php?docid=9562&group_id=46729
       Distributed OSs: General Description of openMosix
       by Moshe Bar

       http://www.democritos.it/activities/IT-MC/openMosix_vs_Beowulf.pdf
       openMosix vs. Beowulf: a case study
       by Moshe Bar, Stefano Cozzini, Maurizio Davini, Alberto Marmodoro

       http://howto.ipng.be/openMosix-HOWTO/
       openMosix HowTo
       by Kris Buytaert

       http://openMosix.leonora.org/FAQ.php?openMosixFAQ
       openMosix FAQ
       by Vladimir Ivanovic

       http://openmosix.sourceforge.net/community.html
       openMosix Add-Ons and Community Contributions

       http://www.democritos.it/events/openMosix.html
       First openMosix User Group Meeting&nbsp

       http://www.cineca.it/streaming/openmosix/
       Videos + Slides

       http://www.democritos.it/events/openMosix/papers/cagliari.pdf
       openMosix Cluster in an  Untrusted Networking Environment
       Giacomo Mulas

       http://www.democritos.it/events/openMosix/papers/crema.pdf
       Consideration on openMosix
       by Gian Paolo Ghilardi

       http://www.democritos.it/events/openMosix/papers/riello.pdf
       Use of openMosix for Parallel I/O Balancing on Storage in Linux Cluster
       by Gianluca Argentini

       http://www.democritos.it/events/openMosix/papers/napoli.pdf
       openMosix Experience
       by Rosario Esposito, Francesco Taurino, Gennaro Tortone

       http://www.democritos.it/events/openMosix/papers/conecta.pdf
       openMosix for the Creation of Low-Latency High-Efficiency Game Clusters
       by Carlo Daffara&nbsp

AUTHOR

       man page created by Matt Rechenburg <mosixview@t-online.de>

REPORTING BUGS

       http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?group_id=46729&atid=447171
       openMosix Bug-tracker

LICENCE

       openMosix is the GPLv2, Open Source, project to extend the outstanding MOSIX project.  New releases of MOSIX became  proprietary
       software in late 2001 and openMosix was begun February 10, 2002 by Moshe Bar to keep this highly regarded Linux Clustering solu-
       tion available as open source.
       Legal openMosix is Copyright (c) 2002, 2003 by Moshe Bar.
       Mosix is Copyright (c) 2002 by Amnon Barak. The Mosix is a trademark of Amnon Barak.  Linux is a Registered Trademark  of  Linus
       Torvalds.  openMosix is licensed under version 2 of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation.

SEE ALSO

       cpujob(1), fastdecay(1), iojob(1), joingroup(1), migrate(1), migrategroup(1), mosmon(1),  mosctl(1),  mosrun(1),  mps(1),  mtop(1),
       nodecay(1), nomig(1), omdiscd(1), resetgroup(1), runhome(1), runon(1), setpe(1), showgroup(1), slowdecay(1)














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