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Distributed operating system
MOSIX is a proprietary distributed operating system. Although early versions were based on older UNIX systems, since 1999 it focuses on Linux clusters and grids. In a MOSIX cluster/grid there is no need to modify or to link applications with any library, to copy files or login to remote nodes, or even to assign processes to different nodes – it is all done automatically, like in an SMP. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: MOSIXA 5-minute orientation
- Pick up a classic book: The MOSIX distributed operating systemThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: The MOSIX multicomputer operating system for high performance cluster computingCited 156 times
- Go sideways: Computer clusterA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Beowulf clusterA closely related topic
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
The MOSIX multicomputer operating system for high performance cluster computing
Effect of ultrathin Mo and MoSix layer on Ti silicide reaction
Selective atomic layer deposition of MoSix on Si (0 0 1) in preference to silicon nitride and silicon oxide
Investigation of composition uniformity of MoSix sputtering films based on measurement of angular distribution of sputtered atoms
The MOSIX Direct File System Access Method for Supporting Scalable Cluster File Systems
The effect of oxygen impurity on growth of molybdenum disilicide and its distribution during rapid thermal annealing of co-sputtered MoSix thin films
Hybrid reliable load balancing with MOSIX as middleware and its formal verification using process algebra
MoSIx connectivity in self‐assembled networks
📚 Books worth reading
The MOSIX distributed operating systemAmnon Barak · 1993
Ranked by number of editions on Open Library, a rough measure of how lasting a book is.
🔗 Related topics
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