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Date:      15 May 1997 00:04:09 +0200
From:      fenyo@email.enst.fr (Alex Fenyo (eowyn))
To:        "Pedro F. Giffuni" <pgiffuni@fps.biblos.unal.edu.co>
Cc:        hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Cluster Computing in BSD
Message-ID:  <d06u3k5sobp.fsf@autan.enst.fr>
In-Reply-To: "Pedro F. Giffuni"'s message of Wed, 14 May 1997 15:45:01 -0700
References:  <3375702D.5F08@fps.biblos.unal.edu.co> <d062079u7a0.fsf@autan.enst.fr> <337A406D.228D@fps.biblos.unal.edu.co>

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"Pedro F. Giffuni" <pgiffuni@fps.biblos.unal.edu.co> writes:
> I looked a bit at MPC, it seems cool but I didn't like that they use
> this  unstandard hardware, while MOSIX uses anything from network cards
> to ATM or higher speed cards. I don't think MOSIX will include source
> code, and it seems like they will release a limited version for six
> computers, but I can live with it :-).

MPC is made to handle hundreds of processors, then it may not be
adapted to the application you want to run !

> (With six boxes, a common
> scientific process could take nearly 1/6 of the time on a fast network).

I think you're very optimistic !!!

Sincerly,
Alexandre Fenyo



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