One-Machine Linux Cluster

An AC wrote: Forget Beowulf ^? clusters, Jacques Gelinas has made available a kernel patch to enable many virtual servers running on the same machine, even the same kernel. Read his original message posted to the Linux kernel list." Imagine what this will mean for hosting companies...

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mosix

[morcheeba]

I wonder how this would work with mosix... it could be a dream system!

You could use mosix to combine the compute resources of several boxes to look like one box. And then, you could use this divy up the space so that people don't step on each other. When anyone (working in thier own space) kicks off a large compile, the load would transparently be distributed among all the boxen.

Of course, I have zippy experience with any of this, but it sounds possible.