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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 clus-
       ter 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 trans-
       parently 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/dis-
       play_doc.php?docid=10390&group_id=46729
       openMosix Internals: How openMosix Works
       by Moshe Bar

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

       http://www.democritos.it/activities/IT-MC/open-
       Mosix_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/open-
       Mosix/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/open-
       Mosix/papers/riello.pdf
       Use  of openMosix for Parallel I/O Balancing on Storage in
       Linux Cluster
       by Gianluca Argentini

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

       http://www.democritos.it/events/open-
       Mosix/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://source-
       forge.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  solution  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), reset-
       group(1), runhome(1),  runon(1),  setpe(1),  showgroup(1),
       slowdecay(1)














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