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From: Ben Black <black@zen.cypher.net>
To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>
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Subject: Re: Cluster Computing in BSD 
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from reading the MOSIX docs it seems it *is* totally transparent and that 
was one of their primary goals.  MOSIX migrates processes mased on 
resource use and handles connecting STDIN, STDOUT, and other resources 
back to the "home node".  when a process is migrated, nobody should 
notice anything but better performance.


b3n


On Thu, 15 May 1997, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote:

> Bah.
> 
> We can debate all the various different models of load-sharing which
> might, in academic terms, be termed "clustering" but it nonetheless
> misses the point.  True clustering, if the variety which FreeBSD
> really needs (IMHO), is distinguished by one principle characteristic:
> Total transparency.
> 
> None of the mechanisms being discussed here are even remotely close
> to that.
> 
> 						Jordan
>