Using Mosix for Wide-Area Compuational Resources
Open-File Report
2004-1091
By: Brian G. Maddox
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Abstract
One of the problems with using traditional Beowulf-type distributed processing clusters is that they require an investment in dedicated computer resources. These resources are usually needed in addition to pre-existing ones such as desktop computers and file servers. Mosix is a series of modifications to the Linux kernel that creates a virtual computer, featuring automatic load balancing by migrating processes from heavily loaded nodes to less used ones. An extension of the Beowulf concept is to run a Mosixenabled Linux kernel on a large number of computer resources in an organization. This configuration would provide a very large amount of computational resources based on pre-existing equipment. The advantage of this method is that it provides much more processing power than a traditional Beowulf cluster without the added costs of dedicating resources.
| Publication type | Report |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | USGS Numbered Series |
| Title | Using Mosix for Wide-Area Compuational Resources |
| Series title | Open-File Report |
| Series number | 2004-1091 |
| DOI | 10.3133/ofr20041091 |
| Edition | - |
| Year Published | 2004 |
| Language | ENGLISH |
| Publisher | Geological Survey (U.S.) |
| Contributing office(s) | Mid-Continent Mapping Center |
| Description | ii, 12 p. |
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