RE: openmosix

What other alternatives are there?  Can anyone share their
installation
tips and help some of us that are new to clustering but
familiar with
Gentoo.  I am looking to build something when I can run
multiple vm's on
a cluster and load balance the vm's across the cluster. 
Anyone doing
anything similar to this?

Thank you,
Joshua
 
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From: Dan Farrell [mailto:danspore.ath.cx] 
Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2007 8:24 AM
To: gentoo-clusterlists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-cluster] openmosix

On Thu, 24 May 2007 09:09:13 -0500
George Robb <forgemangmail.com> wrote:

> If I'm not mistaken the 2.6 openmosix tools are still
in developer- 
> only-alpha stage.  You may need to stick with the old
2.4 kernel and  
> tools to get the job done.
> 
> If any openmosix developers are on the list, is there
anything we
> can do to help?   I'd love to have openmosix and tools
up and
> running with a 2.6 kernel.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> George
> 
> 
> 
> On May 24, 2007, at 8:41 AM, Fernando Spencer wrote:
> 
> > Hello Catalin,
> >
> > I got here:
> >
> > http:
//openmosix.unfreeze.net/releases/kernels/
> >
> > But I can`t get the tools working fine
> >
> > Fernando
> >
> > On 5/24/07, Catalin Zamfir Alexandru
<catalin.zamfirtheg33ks.com>  
> > wrote:
> >> Where can I find openmosix vor the 2.6
Kernel?! ... Please, I
> >> need this info!
> > -- 
> > gentoo-clustergentoo.org mailing list
> >
> 

I want open mosix too, but with no tools have been forced to
find other
alternatives.  
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Joshua Morris wrote:
> What other alternatives are there?  Can anyone share
their installation
> tips and help some of us that are new to clustering but
familiar with
> Gentoo.  I am looking to build something when I can run
multiple vm's on
> a cluster and load balance the vm's across the cluster.
 Anyone doing
> anything similar to this?
>
> Thank you,
> Joshua
>   
We've been asking the same question where I work.  We're
wanting to 
re-do and increase performance in a few lab setups and
thought openmosix 
would be a great option.  If there aren't tools available
for a 2.6 
kernel, we may have to keep using the current setup: NIS /
NFS / autofs 
/ afs setup with users loging in to specific machines.  One
group tried 
condor, but really isn't happy with it at all.

Any suggestions?

Ted Rodgers
Robotics, CMU
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Well, have you tried with Linux-HA using Xen OCF Resource
Agent?

On 5/24/07, Ted Rodgers <trodgerscs.cmu.edu> wrote:
> Joshua Morris wrote:
> > What other alternatives are there?  Can anyone
share their installation
> > tips and help some of us that are new to
clustering but familiar with
> > Gentoo.  I am looking to build something when I
can run multiple vm's on
> > a cluster and load balance the vm's across the
cluster.  Anyone doing
> > anything similar to this?
> >
> > Thank you,
> > Joshua
> >
> We've been asking the same question where I work. 
We're wanting to
> re-do and increase performance in a few lab setups and
thought openmosix
> would be a great option.  If there aren't tools
available for a 2.6
> kernel, we may have to keep using the current setup:
NIS / NFS / autofs
> / afs setup with users loging in to specific machines. 
One group tried
> condor, but really isn't happy with it at all.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Ted Rodgers
> Robotics, CMU
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> gentoo-clustergentoo.org mailing list
>
>
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On Thursday 24 May 2007 20:01:08 Joshua Morris wrote:
> What other alternatives are there?

htt
p://www.kerrighed.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page

||

http://openssi.org/

?

-- 
voxus
:wq

On 05 25, 07, at 5:31 AM, Konstantin V. Arkhipov wrote:

> On Thursday 24 May 2007 20:01:08 Joshua Morris wrote:
>> What other alternatives are there?
>
> htt
p://www.kerrighed.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page
>

i too would like openmosix... but it is too alpha for me.

wow, kerrighed looks interesting. have any of you tried it?
how does  
it perform?

cheers
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Afaik, xen tools are only for virtual hosts, which wouldn't
help us 
much.  Our lab machines get hit pretty hard by matlab users,
so it's not 
something that would virtualize well.  The current setup
isn't really 
clustered at all, it's a rack and lab setup sharing home
directories and 
automounts using NIS.  I liked the idea of letting something
like 
openmosix doing workload balancing between machines without
having to 
write wrapper scripts around the jobs.

The ideal setup would have one machine were
students/researchers log 
into, fire up the process, then have a management tool that
determines 
where it runs.  Users logging into random machines to run
their jobs 
means sometimes 5 machines are idle while another machine is
heavily 
loaded.   A central login point would also allow us to
restrict direct 
access to all the other machines.

Ted





José Costa wrote:
> Well, have you tried with Linux-HA using Xen OCF
Resource Agent?
>
> On 5/24/07, Ted Rodgers <trodgerscs.cmu.edu> wrote:
>> Joshua Morris wrote:
>> > What other alternatives are there?  Can anyone
share their 
>> installation
>> > tips and help some of us that are new to
clustering but familiar with
>> > Gentoo.  I am looking to build something when
I can run multiple 
>> vm's on
>> > a cluster and load balance the vm's across the
cluster.  Anyone doing
>> > anything similar to this?
>> >
>> > Thank you,
>> > Joshua
>> >
>> We've been asking the same question where I work. 
We're wanting to
>> re-do and increase performance in a few lab setups
and thought openmosix
>> would be a great option.  If there aren't tools
available for a 2.6
>> kernel, we may have to keep using the current
setup: NIS / NFS / autofs
>> / afs setup with users loging in to specific
machines.  One group tried
>> condor, but really isn't happy with it at all.
>>
>> Any suggestions?
>>
>> Ted Rodgers
>> Robotics, CMU
>> -- 
>> gentoo-clustergentoo.org mailing list
>>
>>

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On Fri, 25 May 2007 13:05:37 -0400
Ted Rodgers <trodgerscs.cmu.edu> wrote:

> Afaik, xen tools are only for virtual hosts, which
wouldn't help us 
> much.  Our lab machines get hit pretty hard by matlab
users, so it's
> not something that would virtualize well.  The current
setup isn't
> really clustered at all, it's a rack and lab setup
sharing home
> directories and automounts using NIS.  I liked the idea
of letting
> something like openmosix doing workload balancing
between machines
> without having to write wrapper scripts around the
jobs.
> 
> The ideal setup would have one machine were
students/researchers log 
> into, fire up the process, then have a management tool
that
> determines where it runs.  Users logging into random
machines to run
> their jobs means sometimes 5 machines are idle while
another machine
> is heavily loaded.   A central login point would also
allow us to
> restrict direct access to all the other machines.
> 
> Ted
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> José Costa wrote:
> > Well, have you tried with Linux-HA using Xen OCF
Resource Agent?
> >
> > On 5/24/07, Ted Rodgers <trodgerscs.cmu.edu> wrote:
> >> Joshua Morris wrote:
> >> > What other alternatives are there?  Can
anyone share their 
> >> installation
> >> > tips and help some of us that are new to
clustering but familiar
> >> > with Gentoo.  I am looking to build
something when I can run
> >> > multiple 
> >> vm's on
> >> > a cluster and load balance the vm's
across the cluster.  Anyone
> >> > doing anything similar to this?
> >> >
> >> > Thank you,
> >> > Joshua
> >> >
> >> We've been asking the same question where I
work.  We're wanting to
> >> re-do and increase performance in a few lab
setups and thought
> >> openmosix would be a great option.  If there
aren't tools
> >> available for a 2.6 kernel, we may have to
keep using the current
> >> setup: NIS / NFS / autofs / afs setup with
users loging in to
> >> specific machines.  One group tried condor,
but really isn't happy
> >> with it at all.
> >>
> >> Any suggestions?
> >>
> >> Ted Rodgers
> >> Robotics, CMU
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> >> gentoo-clustergentoo.org mailing list
> >>
> >>
> 
Couldn't you implement a rudimentary load-balancing system
with
multiple cname entries in dns?
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