openMosix and OpenSSI on Ubuntu (and maybe even Xen?)

[Matthew Kuiken]

Michael T. Richter wrote:
> I'd like to know if there's anybody working on packaging of either 
> openMosix or OpenSSI for Ubuntu.  I'm also open to (informed) opinions 
> on the relative strengths and weaknesses of each clustering platform.  
> Searching for the term on the Ubuntu web site and Wiki didn't come up 
> with anything salient for openMosix and nothing at all for OpenSSI.  
> (There's probably other places I should search, but I can't guess 
> where.)  A Google search also turned up not a whole lot of interest.  
> What's weird is that there's an openmosixview package under Synaptic, 
> but nothing else related to openMosix to be seen.  (I'm wondering why 
> having a cluster viewing package without clustering is even slightly 
> useful, but am new to this whole thing and thus likely missing something 
> obvious.)
> 
> Also, is there anything going on related to the Xen hypervisor and Ubuntu?
> 
> --
> *Michael T. Richter*
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Reading your email, I thought you might be interested in this:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuClusters

The latest development status lists it as implemented, with remaining 
pieces deferred to Dapper+1.  Unfortunately, I am not certain how to 
find out how much was implemented, and how much was deferred.

-Matt