[rescue] MOSIX

[Steve Sandau]

> I've used MOSIX but AFAIK it only runs on X86 platforms.

I think that's true, possibly only Linux x86??
> 
> Sun has "Gridware" that runs on Sun/Solaris platforms, but you might need
> Ultra Sparc class hardware for it to work.
> 
> If you just want a web cluster, MOSIX is the wrong tool for the job anyway.
> You just need an IP load balancer in front of a bunch of Apache servers.

Mosix is good for computations, but not networking or shared memory
apps. Next version is supposed to have network-shared memory. I'm
waiting for that so I can try Oracle on it...
> 
> > Has anyone ever experimented with using MOSIX or any other kind of
> > clustering technique with older Sun hardware?  I've got the crazy idea
> > of getting a bunch of Sparc Classic or IPX boxes together and seeing if
> > I can make a halfway passable Web serving cluster out of them.  Of
> > course, I have no idea what platform would be best for something like
> > this, and if it's even worth it with the cheap hardware.  But if I can
> > get three more Sparc Classic boxes, it would be wonderful to at least
> > try.
> >

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Steve Sandau
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