[rescue] MOSIX

[Christian J Hedemark]

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

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.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Joshua Johnston" <flagg at midmaine.com>
To: <rescue at sunhelp.org>
Sent: Friday, January 18, 2002 2:42 AM
Subject: [rescue] MOSIX


> 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.
>
> - Josh
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