Re: openMosix vs KVM, Xen,...et al

On Fri, Aug 24, 2007 at 09:21:32AM -0700, David Brodbeck wrote:
> I was going to say that, too.  Virtualization usually means making one 
> machine look like a bunch of smaller machines,

Virtualising *host* yes, but virtualisation can be broader.

> so you can run multiple 
> operating systems or isolate different applications from each other.  
> OpenMosix tries to make a bunch of small machines look like one big one.  

Well not really, since it's not a SSI. it's actually virtualising processes.

> It certainly doesn't provide isolation; one rogue program can (and 
> sometimes does) bring down the whole cluster.

virtualise != isolation.
you can virtualise without isolation (a bit crappy but possible)

Cheers,
-- 
Vincent Hanquez

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