[Beowulf] Re: Linux cluster for my college

Geoff Jacobs gdjacobs at gmail.com
Sat Apr 14 08:09:28 PDT 2007


Kyle Spaans wrote:
> Wait, we can use openMOSIX and MPI at the same time? I thought they
> were separate ideas? For example, MPI for multithreading and message
> passing, and openMOSIX for just process migration. Can they be used at
> the same time?
> 

1) Spawn MPI processes on the head node. Must be using tcp/ip for
interconnect.
2) OpenMOSIX migrates processes to dormant computers.
3) Sit back and watch the data roll in.

-- 
Geoffrey D. Jacobs



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