OpenMosix 2.4.20


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Freshmeat announces that OpenMosix 2.4.20 is out:

openMosix is a a set of extensions to the standard Linux kernel allowing you to build a cluster of out of off-the-shelf PC hardware. openMosix scales perfectly up to thousands of nodes. You do not need to modify your applications to benefit from your cluster (unlike PVM, MPI, Linda, etc.). Processes in openMosix migrate transparently between nodes and the cluster will always auto-balance.

It looks like a minor bugfix and kernel sync update:

This is a port of openMosix-2.4.19-7 to 2.4.20. Improvements include Load Balancer updates, minor code cleanups, and minor updates. This version is initially only available from CVS.

Have you messed around with clustering?  With OpenMosix you don’t have to dedicate specific machines to a cluster.  OpenMosix uses machines when it is needed, and doesn’t when they’re not.  It’s pretty wicked cool technology.