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Date:      Tue, 24 Oct 1995 20:55:46 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Frank Mayhar <frank@exit.com>
To:        hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: process migration
Message-ID:  <199510250355.UAA26267@exit.com>
In-Reply-To: <199510250325.XAA00130@ns1.win.net> from "Mark Hittinger" at Oct 24, 95 11:25:14 pm

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Regarding process migration, Locus "Transparent Network Computing" (TNC)
does this using a virtual-process layer analogous to the vnode layer in
file systems.  TNC does it dynamically using an RPC mechanism.

It _is_ a complex problem, particularly when you have to handle things like
shared semaphores, locked files, etc., ad nauseum.

There were a couple of white papers written on the subject a few years ago.
If there's sufficient interest I'll see if I can dig them up.  There may
also be references on the Locus Web page, http://www.locus.com/.
-- 
Frank Mayhar frank@exit.com



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