Difference between revisions of "Overview"
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the [http://www.mosix.org/pub/MOSIX2_wp.pdf MOSIX2 white paper], | the [http://www.mosix.org/pub/MOSIX2_wp.pdf MOSIX2 white paper], | ||
our [http://www.mosix.org/txt_pub.html CCGrid] papers, | our [http://www.mosix.org/txt_pub.html CCGrid] papers, | ||
− | the [http://www.mosix.org/pub/overview.pdf Overview of MOSIX2 | + | the [http://www.mosix.org/pub/overview.pdf Overview of MOSIX2 presentation], |
the [http://www.mosix.org/pub/tutorial.pdf MOSIX2 Tutorial] | the [http://www.mosix.org/pub/tutorial.pdf MOSIX2 Tutorial] | ||
− | and | + | and the [http://www.mosix.org/txt_hugi.html HUGI campus multi-cluster]. |
<sup>*</sup> MOSIX is a registered trademark of Amnon Barak and Amnon Shiloh. | <sup>*</sup> MOSIX is a registered trademark of Amnon Barak and Amnon Shiloh. |
Revision as of 17:06, 26 February 2009
MOSIX* is an operating system like management system targeted for high performance computing on Linux clusters and multi-clusters. MOSIX incorporates dynamic resource discovery and automatic workload distribution, commonly found on single computers with multiple processors. In a MOSIX system, users can run applications by creating multiple processes, then let MOSIX seek resources and automatically migrate processes among nodes to improve the overall performance, without changing the run-time environment of migrated processes.
MOSIX is implemented as a software layer that provides to users and applications with an unmodified Linux run-time environment. As a result, users do not need to modify or link applications with any library, login to remote nodes or even copy files to remote nodes.
MOSIX Version 1 was originally developed to manage a single cluster. MOSIX Version 2 (MOSIX2) for Linux-2.6 was extended with a comprehensive set of new features that can manage clusters and multi-clusters.
For further information see the Latest release and changelog, the MOSIX2 white paper, our CCGrid papers, the Overview of MOSIX2 presentation, the MOSIX2 Tutorial and the HUGI campus multi-cluster.
* MOSIX is a registered trademark of Amnon Barak and Amnon Shiloh.