openMosix
Sign in to savethumb|right|300px|Transfers in an openMosix cluster.
Key facts
- OS.name
- ClusterKnoppix
- OS.developer
- Wim Vandersmissen
- OS.family
- Linux distribution
- OS.working_state
- discontinued
- OS.source_model
- Open source
- OS.latest release version
- 3.6
- OS.updatemodel
- APT (several front-ends available)
- OS.package_manager
- dpkg
- OS.supported_platforms
- i486
- OS.kernel_type
- Linux kernel
- OS.userland
- GNU Core Utilities
- OS.license
- Debian Free Software Guidelines and others
via Wikipedia infobox
Article
7 sectionsContents
- History
- ClusterKnoppix
- See also
- Live CDs
- References
- External links
- openMosix cluster sites
thumb|right|300px|Transfers in an openMosix cluster.
openMosix was a free cluster management system that provided single-system image (SSI) capabilities, e.g. automatic work distribution among nodes. It allowed program processes (not threads) to migrate to machines in the node's network that would be able to run that process faster (process migration). It was particularly useful for running parallel applications having low to moderate input/output (I/O). It was released as a Linux kernel patch, but was also available on specialized Live CDs. openMosix development has been halted by its developers, but the LinuxPMI project is continuing development of the former openMosix code.