Date: Thu, 15 May 1997 23:43:13 -0400 (EDT) From: Ben Black <black@zen.cypher.net> To: spork <spork@super-g.com> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Cluster Computing in BSD Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.3.91.970515234154.15211B-100000@zen.cypher.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.970515230232.17998A-100000@super-g.inch.com>
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myrinet, same as the 60 machine MOSIX cluster in israel. the berkeley project that spawened hotbot was called NOW (network of workstations) On Thu, 15 May 1997, spork wrote: > What of the whole Inktomi/Hotbot clustering systems? What are these based > on? I believe this came from a Berkely project... > > Charles > > On 14 May 1997, Alex Fenyo (eowyn) wrote: > > > "Pedro F. Giffuni" <pgiffuni@fps.biblos.unal.edu.co> writes: > > > For some strange reason I was looking at BSDI's web and I found the > > > Multicomputer Operating System fo Unix "MOSIX": > > > http://www.cnds.jhu.edu/mirrors/mosix/ > > > It would be worthwhile to convince them to support FreeBSD, and they are > > > probably interested anyway. Has anyone contacted them? (I emailed but I > > > think it's aabbath over there). > > > > I don't know the status of MOSIX, but for your information, there is > > another multi-computer parallel machine based on FreeBSD, made in > > France by a collaboration of different universities. > > > > This low cost/high performance parallel computer, named MPC, is based > > on a network of CPU boards running a modified version of FreeBSD (new > > kernel services, modifications and additions of new functionnalities > > in the VM subsystem, and new drivers for the interconnection > > network). The boards are interconnected with a custom interconnection > > network of routers, developped at UPMC, each router containing 8 > > full-duplex 1 GigaBit/s asynchronous serial links. > > > > Infomations available at http://cao-vlsi.ibp.fr/mpc/index.gb.html > > > > Alexandre Fenyo > > >
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