OpenMosix
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- The correct title of this article is openMosix. The initial letter is shown capitalized due to technical restrictions.
openMosix is a free cluster management system that provides single-system image (SSI) capabilities, e.g. automatic work distribution among nodes. It allows program processes (not threads) to migrate to machines in the node's network that would be able to run that process faster. It is particularly useful for running parallel and intensive input/output (I/O) applications. It is released as a Linux kernel patch, but is also available on specialized LiveCDs and as a Gentoo Linux kernel choice.
openMosix is currently considered stable on the x86 architecture. Support for the AMD64 architecture is also available.
openMosix currently works with the Linux 2.4 kernel and the Linux 2.6 kernel (but the userland tools are still under development for the 2.6 kernel).
It was started by Moshe Bar on February 10, 2002 in response to MOSIX becoming proprietary software.
[edit] LiveCDs
GNU/Linux LiveCDs with openMosix include:
- dyne:bolic
- clusterKnoppix
- Quantian (based on clusterKnoppix)
- PlumpOS
- CHAOS (a very small boot CD)
- mediainlinux
[edit] External links
- Official homepage
- PlumpOS website
- coMosix (project that aims to make openMosix run on Microsoft Windows)
