standard apps in paralell

[Adam Lazur]

Casioqv (casioqv@mail.geocities.com) said:
> If I run a non-beowulf optimized program on one computer on a cluster I
> know that it will not be run across the entire cluster and that it will
> only run on one node. Will it always run on the node it was loaded on?
> Can I still take advantage of a cluster if I have 8 nodes and a programs
> open?

You could take a look at MOSIX. It is a set of kernel mods and
utilities that will transparently balance the load across all of the
nodes on your cluster. Check out more info about MOSIX at
http://www.cs.huji.ac.il/mosix/

HTH
.adam

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