Publication Details
Title: MOSIX: An Integrated UNIX for Multiprocessor Workstations
Author: A. Barak and R. Wheeler
Group: ICSI Technical Reports
Date: October 1988
PDF: http://www.icsi.berkeley.edu/pubs/techreports/tr-88-004.pdf
Overview:
MOSIX is a general-purpose Multicomputer Operating System that integrates a cluster of loosely connected, independent computers (nodes) into a single-machine UNIX environment. Developed originally at Hebrew University for a cluster of uniprocessor nodes, it has recently been enhanced to support nodes with multiple processors. In this paper we present the hardware architecture of this multiprocessor workstation and the software architecture of the MOSIX operating system kernel. We then describe the main enhancements made in the multiple processor version and give some performance measurements of the internal mechanisms of the system.
Bibliographic Information:
ICSI Technical Report TR-88-004
Bibliographic Reference:
A. Barak and R. Wheeler. MOSIX: An Integrated UNIX for Multiprocessor Workstations. ICSI Technical Report TR-88-004, October 1988
Author: A. Barak and R. Wheeler
Group: ICSI Technical Reports
Date: October 1988
PDF: http://www.icsi.berkeley.edu/pubs/techreports/tr-88-004.pdf
Overview:
MOSIX is a general-purpose Multicomputer Operating System that integrates a cluster of loosely connected, independent computers (nodes) into a single-machine UNIX environment. Developed originally at Hebrew University for a cluster of uniprocessor nodes, it has recently been enhanced to support nodes with multiple processors. In this paper we present the hardware architecture of this multiprocessor workstation and the software architecture of the MOSIX operating system kernel. We then describe the main enhancements made in the multiple processor version and give some performance measurements of the internal mechanisms of the system.
Bibliographic Information:
ICSI Technical Report TR-88-004
Bibliographic Reference:
A. Barak and R. Wheeler. MOSIX: An Integrated UNIX for Multiprocessor Workstations. ICSI Technical Report TR-88-004, October 1988