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To: "Pedro F. Giffuni" <pgiffuni@fps.biblos.unal.edu.co>
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Subject: Re: Cluster Computing in BSD
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From: fenyo@email.enst.fr (Alex Fenyo (eowyn))
Date: 15 May 1997 00:04:09 +0200
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"Pedro F. Giffuni" <pgiffuni@fps.biblos.unal.edu.co> writes:
> I looked a bit at MPC, it seems cool but I didn't like that they use
> this  unstandard hardware, while MOSIX uses anything from network cards
> to ATM or higher speed cards. I don't think MOSIX will include source
> code, and it seems like they will release a limited version for six
> computers, but I can live with it :-).

MPC is made to handle hundreds of processors, then it may not be
adapted to the application you want to run !

> (With six boxes, a common
> scientific process could take nearly 1/6 of the time on a fast network).

I think you're very optimistic !!!

Sincerly,
Alexandre Fenyo