Author : Amnon Barak
Publisher : Lecture Notes in Computer Science
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Book Synopsis The MOSIX Distributed Operating System by : Amnon Barak
Download or read book The MOSIX Distributed Operating System written by Amnon Barak and published by Lecture Notes in Computer Science. This book was released on 1993-05-27 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book describes the design and internals of the MOSIX distributed operating system. MOSIX, an acronym for Multicomputer Operating System for UNIX, integrates a cluster of loosely integrated computers into a virtual single-machine UNIX environment. The main property of MOSIX is the high degree of integration among the processors, which may include personal workstations and shared memory and non-shared memory multiprocessors, connected by fast communication links. This integration includes network transparency, cooperation between the processors to provide services across machine boundaries, support of dynamic configuration, and system-initiated load balancing by process migration. Another property of MOSIX is the ability to scale up the system configuration to encompass a large number of computers. The development of MOSIX was begun in 1981. The book is intended primarily for readers who are interested in distributed and multiprocessor systems. The reader is assumed to have some knowledge in programming and operating systems, preferably UNIX. Readers without this background will still benefit from thetechniques and algorithms discussed.