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The MOSIX Distributed Operating System

Load Balancing for UNIX

Amnon Barak, Shai Guday, Richard G. Wheeler (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

XI, 229 Seiten

1993
Springer Berlin (Verlag)
9783540566632 (ISBN)

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The reader is assumed to have some knowledge in programming and operating systems, preferably UNIX. Readers without this background will still benefit from the techniques and algorithms discussed.

This book describes the design and internals of the MOSIXdistributed operating system. MOSIX, an acronym forMulticomputer Operating System for UNIX, integrates acluster of loosely integrated computers into a virtualsingle-machine UNIX environment. The main property of MOSIXis the high degree of integration among the processors,which may include personal workstations and shared memoryand non-shared memory multiprocessors, connected by fastcommunication links. This integration includes networktransparency, cooperation between the processors to provideservices across machine boundaries, support of dynamicconfiguration, and system-initiated load balancing byprocess migration. Another property of MOSIX is the abilityto scale up the system configuration to encompass a largenumber of computers. The development of MOSIX was begun in1981. The book is intended primarily for readers who areinterested in distributed and multiprocessor systems. Thereader is assumed to have some knowledge in programming andoperating systems, preferably UNIX. Readers without thisbackground will still benefit from thetechniques andalgorithms discussed.

Overview of MOSIX.- The UNIX file system.- Distributed UNIX file systems.- The UNIX process.- The MOSIX process.- The MOSIX linker.- Load balancing.- Scaling considerations.- System performance.- Distributed applications.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	27.5.1993
Reihe/Serie	Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Zusatzinfo	XI, 229 p.
Verlagsort	Berlin
Sprache	englisch
Maße	216 x 279 mm
Gewicht	322 g
Themenwelt	Mathematik / Informatik ► Informatik ► Betriebssysteme / Server
Themenwelt	Mathematik / Informatik ► Informatik ► Netzwerke
Schlagworte	algorithms • Distributed Operating Systems • Hardcover, Softcover / Informatik, EDV/Betriebssysteme, Benutzeroberflächen • Load Balancing • MOSIX • Multiprocessor Systems • Performance • programming • UNIX • Verteilte Betriebssysteme • Verteilte Systeme • Viel-Prozessoren-Systeme
ISBN-13	9783540566632 / 9783540566632
Zustand	Neuware