Re: [PATCH:openmosix-tools-0.3.6-2:build break fix]

Evan,
  Great, i have now a brief idea about what is what. Ok then the left over
  task in performance measurement :).
Thanks

> Openmosix will run on 64bit cpus that can run in 32 bit mode. One of
> the big gains in the 2.6 series should be 64bit support. As to
> performance, OpenSSI use an older openmosix migration code base. So
> the migration performance should be about the same.
>
> Evan
>
> On 11/7/06, Harshavardhana <harsha-iP+wyIN8Xge1Z/[email protected]> wrote:
>> Evan,
>>   thanks a lot for your inputs. so i assume openmosix supports 64bit on
>> 2.4
>>   kernel. But i believe 2.6 series support is very much needed for the
>>   ever growing technology of clustering and SMP.
>>   I have seen kerrighed, my idea of Kerrighed is the project is
>> rudimentary
>>   i overheard it is going for becoming proprietary. Even Openssi doesn't
>>   have 64bit support (official). As i have seen only Openmosix and
>> Openssi
>>   been the only driving force towards the SSI technology.
>>   Do you guys have any figures or whitepaper where i can see the
>> performance
>>   comparison?.
>> Thanks
>>
>> > Harshavardhana-
>> >   The openmosix-tools 0.3.6-2 are omly for teh 2.4 series kernel.
>> > There has not yet been an official release of teh 2.6 series and
>> > tools. In theory Fluent should love an openmosix cluster do to it's
>> > habit of forking out 4 process when it runs. THough looking at the
>> > packages you are using I would reccommend going with a basic beowulf
>> > parrallel design. I know both ansys and Fluent have builtin parrallel
>> > clustering packages that should get better performance on a cluster
>> > than just running it on an SSI setup.
>> >
>> > OpenSSI is a little different beast than openmosix. Openmosix focus on
>> > getting the best use of shared CPU power. OpenSSI focus on sharing the
>> > whole cluster, much more like a grid engine.
>> > Evan
>> >
>> > On 11/7/06, Harshavardhana <harsha-iP+wyIN8Xge1Z/[email protected]> wrote:
>> >> Hi all,
>> >>    i have seen that the release openmosixtools version doesn't build
>> >> properly
>> >>    exits at mtop.c saying that "error: label at end of compound
>> >> statement"
>> >>    i have attached a minor patch with this mail.
>> >>
>> >>    Apart from that I had some important things to know about
>> OpenMosix,
>> >> like
>> >>    * The range of platform it supports including beta releases in
>> those
>> >>      respect.
>> >>    * The functionality and features which OpenMosix provides best
>> over
>> >> the
>> >>      other SSI related products.
>> >>    * Does it support 2.6.x kernels?
>> >>    * Who are using OpenMosix and have successfully deployed it,
>> working
>> >> in
>> >>      production environment.
>> >>
>> >>    I am trying out OpenMosix on Blade Clusters (EM64T Xeon family
>> >>    Woodcrest).
>> >>    I will be running High level engg applications like Ansys, DYNA,
>> >> Fluent.
>> >>    How would OpenSSI stand in front of OpenMosix in this case?.
>> >>    Guys your reply will be really helpful. Thanks in advance
>> >>
>> >> Thanks
>> >> --
>> >> Harshavardhana
>> >> "Software gets slower faster as Hardware gets faster"
>> >>
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>> --
>> Harshavardhana
>> "Software gets slower faster as Hardware gets faster"
>>
>>
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