Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1998 06:17:00 -0800 (PST) From: "Steven P. Donegan" <donegan@quick.net> To: Christian Kuhtz <ck@ns1.adsu.bellsouth.com> Cc: Steve Passe <smp@csn.net>, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: NOW/MOSIX/Beowulf Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.91.981230061126.21721M-100000@oldnews.quick.net> In-Reply-To: <19981229234937.N477@ns1.adsu.bellsouth.com>
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The two (different, but similar) goals I'm looking at are: Hobby level (ie commodity hardware and 'cheap') NOW plaything Commercially usable NOW tool ($ not as much a factor) MOSIX provides for up to 6 BSDI nodes, using any available network path(s) and provides transparent load distribution/migration - no specialized programming/API's needed to use it - it appears as if it's one computer. Beowulf requires PVM style programming, but runs today on Linux SMP platforms and supports network card trunking in the kernel drivers (like, but not compatable with, Cisco's etherchannel). Both have interface support for Myrinet - a proprietary crossbar switch based gig speed LAN. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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