Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2002 11:07:51 -0700 (MST) From: Ronald G Minnich <rminnich@lanl.gov> To: Andy Sporner <sporner@nentec.de> Cc: <freebsd-cluster@FreeBSD.ORG>, Jason Fried <jfried@cluster.nix.selu.edu> Subject: RE: FreeBSD Cluster at SLU Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.33.0203061105590.7642-100000@snaresland.acl.lanl.gov> In-Reply-To: <XFMail.020306172424.sporner@nentec.de>
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On Wed, 6 Mar 2002, Andy Sporner wrote: > > The idea is that whereever a process is started, it makes an entry in > the process table. The PID's are assigned in a N-Modulus approach so that > the PID determines the home node of the process. When a process migrates, > it keeps it's entry on the home node and a new entry is created on the > new host node. If it should move again, the home node is updated. I haven't > started implementing or benchmarking this yet, so it could change, but that > is the initial idea. this is very similar to bproc. Would a single hot-spare approach do the job? I do know there is a telecom company using bproc to do this type of thing. > Since the model is for making a scalable networking application platform, > all of the aspects of the process move with the process (including sockets). movable sockets sure would be nice. your work sounds neat. ron To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-cluster" in the body of the message
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