Beowulf vs. MOSIX

[John TenEyck]

My question (which might be very naive) would be can you use PVM, MPI (LAM
or some other implementation) along with MOSIX?
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John TenEyck
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----- Original Message -----
From: Mark Lucas <mlucas@imagelinks.com>
To: Szwedyk, Peter <Peter.Szwedyk@gs.com>
Cc: <beowulf@beowulf.gsfc.nasa.gov>
Sent: Monday, June 07, 1999 9:59 PM
Subject: Re: Beowulf vs. MOSIX


> Peter,
>
> That is our opinion at AGIS/ImageLinks.  We process satellite and aerial
> imagery which stresses CPU, bandwidth and storage.  We have just concluded
> porting all of our code to run on LInux and are in the process of removing
> all of the SGIs and Suns replacing them with dual CPU Pentium boxes.  More
> horsepower and substantially lower cost.  We have been looking at MPI and
> PVM in our code thinking of BeoWulf clusters, but after attending
LinuxExpo
> we have decided that Mosix is a better fit - especially given our
workflow.
> We were impressed by how quickly the clusters at the show installed it and
> tried it out.  Wiring PVM and MPI into the code is definitely desired so
> that there is more to spread around.
>
> Mark
>
> >It seems to me that for business applications, MOSIX might be a better
way
> >to go as a quick and easy way to take advantage of clusters.  With its
load
> >balancing and transparent process migration, even existing serial
> >applications should be able to take advantage of the power of clusters.
> >With Beowulf, on the other hand, one must parallelize the code in order
to
> >see any improvement in performance.
> >
> >Is this assessment accurate?  Any comments?
> >
> >---
> >Peter Szwedyk
> >Goldman, Sachs & Co.
> >Securities Lending Technology
> >One New York Plaza, 48th Floor
> >New York, NY  10004
> >Phone: 212-357-8105 | Fax: 212-428-1405
>
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