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Date:      Wed, 6 Mar 2002 11:07:51 -0700 (MST)
From:      Ronald G Minnich <rminnich@lanl.gov>
To:        Andy Sporner <sporner@nentec.de>
Cc:        <freebsd-cluster@FreeBSD.ORG>, Jason Fried <jfried@cluster.nix.selu.edu>
Subject:   RE: FreeBSD Cluster at SLU
Message-ID:  <Pine.LNX.4.33.0203061105590.7642-100000@snaresland.acl.lanl.gov>
In-Reply-To: <XFMail.020306172424.sporner@nentec.de>

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On Wed, 6 Mar 2002, Andy Sporner wrote:

>
> The idea is that whereever a process is started, it makes an entry in
> the process table.  The PID's are assigned in a N-Modulus approach so that
> the PID determines the home node of the process.  When a process migrates,
> it keeps it's entry on the home node and a new entry is created on the
> new host node.  If it should move again, the home node is updated.  I haven't
> started implementing or benchmarking this yet, so it could change, but that
> is the initial idea.

this is very similar to bproc. Would a single hot-spare approach do the
job?

I do know there is a telecom company using bproc to do this type of thing.

> Since the model is for making a scalable networking application platform,
> all of the aspects of the process move with the process (including sockets).

movable sockets sure would be nice.

your work sounds neat.

ron


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