An organizational grid of federated MOSIX clusters

Amnon Barak*, Amnon Shiloh, Lior Amar

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

MOSIX is a cluster management system that uses process migration to allow a Linux cluster to perform like a parallel computer. Recently it has been extended with new features that could make a grid of Linux clusters run as a cooperative system of federated clusters. On one hand, it supports automatic workload distribution among connected clusters that belong to different owners, while still preserving the autonomy of each owner to disconnect its cluster from the grid at any time, without sacrificing migrated processes from other clusters. Other new features of MOSIX include grid-wide automatic resource discovery; a precedence scheme for local processes and among guest processes (from other clusters); flood control; a secure run-time environment (sandbox) which prevents guest processes from accessing local resources in a hosting system, and support of cluster partitions. The resulting grid management system is suitable to create an intra-organizational high-performance computational grid, e.g., in an enterprise or in a campus. The paper presents enhanced and new features of MOSIX and their performance.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2005 IEEE International Symposium on Cluster Computing and the Grid, CCGrid 2005
Pages350-357
Number of pages8
DOIs
StatePublished - 2005
Event2005 IEEE International Symposium on Cluster Computing and the Grid, CCGrid 2005 - Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom
Duration: 9 May 200512 May 2005

Publication series

Name2005 IEEE International Symposium on Cluster Computing and the Grid, CCGrid 2005
Volume1

Conference

Conference2005 IEEE International Symposium on Cluster Computing and the Grid, CCGrid 2005
Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
CityCardiff, Wales
Period9/05/0512/05/05

Keywords

  • Cluster computing
  • Grid computing
  • Organizational grid
  • Process migration
  • Sandbox

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