The MOSIX distributed operating system : load balancing for UNIX /

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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Barak, Amnon
Corporate Author:	SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors:	Guday, Shai, Wheeler, Richard G.
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Berlin ; New York : Springer-Verlag, ©1993.
Series:	Lecture notes in computer science ; 672.
Subjects:	MOSIX. Distributed operating systems (Computers) UNIX. système exploitation réparti. Systèmes d'exploitation répartis. Gedistribueerde gegevensverwerking. Taitememt réparti. UNIX (système d'exploitation des ordinateurs) Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:

1. Introduction
2. Overview of MOSIX
3. The UNIX File System
4. Distributed UNIX File Systems
5. The UNIX Process
6. The MOSIX Process
7. The MOSIX Linker
8. Load Balancing
9. Scaling Considerations
10. System Performance
11. Distributed Applications.