Date: Mon, 17 Jul 1995 15:52:03 -0400 (EDT) From: "Ron G. Minnich" <rminnich@earth.sarnoff.com> To: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: alpha release of mnfs distributed shared memory for freebsd 2.05r Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.91.950717154154.23318E-100000@earth>
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For those of you interested in Distributed Shared Memory: i have an alpha release of the MNFS distributed shared memory working on 2.05R. It passes the basic tests I have for mnfs. We're bringing it up on our 16-node pentium cluster now. What is MNFS? MNFS is a modified NFS that supports DSM. It has to date run on SunOS, solaris, IRIX, and AIX. Until now I could never distribute it, but thanks to freebsd I now can. This release is a 'fresh out of the box' version that is working and has supported some basic programs. I am sure it has bugs ... but that's why I want to get it out: to get people pounding on it. What can i provide? Any or all of: 1) context diff for 2.05R. It's about 1200 lines. 2) .uu of tar of source tree 3) if you really want it, a generic kernel compiled with MNFS in. 4) paper from SEDMS '93 on mnfs performance is pretty good. Although i expect it to be much better when i plug in the 100base-t interfaces :-) ron Ron Minnich |(No Comment!): 'NTFS takes the best parts of rminnich@earth.sarnoff.com |FAT and HPFS ... From FAT, NTFS borrowed the (609)-734-3120 |"simplicity yields performance" philosophy ... ' [ From the Windows/NT Resource Guide ]
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