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openMosix \ -a Linux kernel extension for single-system image clustering.
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http://openmosix.sourceforge.net/
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.SH DESCRIPTION
openMosix is a Linux kernel extension for single-system image clustering.  This kernel extension turns a network of ordinary IA-32 computers into a supercomputer for Linux applications.
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Once you have installed openMosix, the nodes in the cluster start talking to one another and the cluster adapts itself to the workload. Processes originating from any one node, if that node is too busy compared to others, can migrate to any other node. openMosix continuously attempts to optimize the resource allocation.
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We achieve this with a kernel patch for Linux, creating a reliable, fast and cost-efficient SSI clustering platform that is linearly scalable and adaptive. With openMosix' Auto Discovery, a new node can be added while the cluster is running and the cluster will automatically begin to use the new resources.
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There is no need to program applications specifically for openMosix. Since all openMosix extensions are inside the kernel, every Linux application automatically and transparently benefits from the distributed computing concept of openMosix. The cluster behaves much as does a Symmetric Multi-Processor, but this solution scales to well over a thousand nodes which can themselves be SMPs.
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The openMosix Community is very active, contributing add-on applications and sharing helpful information with all users.  The openMosix Add-Ons and Community page lists these shared applications.  And, it is all GPL'd.
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.SH DOCUMENTATION
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http://sourceforge.net/docman/display_doc.php?docid=10390&group_id=46729
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openMosix Internals: How openMosix Works
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by Moshe Bar
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http://sourceforge.net/docman/display_doc.php?docid=9562&group_id=46729
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Distributed OSs: General Description of openMosix
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by Moshe Bar
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http://www.democritos.it/activities/IT-MC/openMosix_vs_Beowulf.pdf
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openMosix vs. Beowulf: a case study
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by Moshe Bar, Stefano Cozzini, Maurizio Davini, Alberto Marmodoro
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http://howto.ipng.be/openMosix-HOWTO/
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openMosix HowTo
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by Kris Buytaert
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http://openMosix.leonora.org/FAQ.php?openMosixFAQ
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openMosix FAQ
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by Vladimir Ivanovic
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http://openmosix.sourceforge.net/community.html
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openMosix Add-Ons and Community Contributions
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http://www.democritos.it/events/openMosix.html
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First openMosix User Group Meeting&nbsp
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http://www.cineca.it/streaming/openmosix/
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Videos + Slides
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http://www.democritos.it/events/openMosix/papers/cagliari.pdf
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openMosix Cluster in an	Untrusted Networking Environment
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Giacomo Mulas
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http://www.democritos.it/events/openMosix/papers/crema.pdf
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Consideration on openMosix
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by Gian Paolo Ghilardi
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http://www.democritos.it/events/openMosix/papers/riello.pdf
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Use of openMosix for Parallel I/O Balancing on Storage in Linux Cluster
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by Gianluca Argentini
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http://www.democritos.it/events/openMosix/papers/napoli.pdf
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openMosix Experience
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by Rosario Esposito, Francesco Taurino, Gennaro Tortone
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http://www.democritos.it/events/openMosix/papers/conecta.pdf
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openMosix for the Creation of Low-Latency High-Efficiency Game Clusters
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by Carlo Daffara&nbsp
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.SH AUTHOR
man page created by Matt Rechenburg <mosixview@t-online.de>

.SH REPORTING BUGS
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http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?group_id=46729&atid=447171
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openMosix Bug-tracker
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.SH LICENCE
openMosix is the GPLv2, Open Source, project to extend the outstanding MOSIX project.  New releases of MOSIX became proprietary software in late 2001 and openMosix was begun February 10, 2002 by Moshe Bar to keep this highly regarded Linux Clustering solution available as open source.  
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Legal openMosix is Copyright (c) 2002, 2003 by Moshe Bar.
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Mosix is Copyright (c) 2002 by Amnon Barak. The Mosix is a trademark of Amnon Barak.  Linux is a Registered Trademark of Linus Torvalds. openMosix is licensed under version 2 of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation.
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.SH SEE ALSO

cpujob(1), 
fastdecay(1), 
iojob(1), 
joingroup(1), 
migrate(1), 
migrategroup(1), 
mon(1), 
mosctl(1), 
mosrun(1), 
mps(1), 
mtop(1), 
nodecay(1), 
nomig(1), 
omdiscd(1), 
resetgroup(1), 
runhome(1), 
runon(1), 
setpe(1), 
showgroup(1), 
slowdecay(1)
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