Computing Core ServicesMosix Cluster (High Performance Linux Compute Cluster)
OverviewMOSIX is a management system for Linux clusters and organizational Grids that provides a Single-System Image (SSI). 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 with load balancing. A terse description of how this works is that the process table entry stays on the node on which a job was started, while its execution state may be transferred to a lesser-loaded peer in the cluster. The CSDE Mosix cluster exists to facilitate numerically intensive, high-throughput computing. The system is accessible over the network using ssh/scp/sftp and has a standard LINUX interface. It provides capabilities for fast floating-point and integer computations for a range of jobs with memory sizes from the small (25Mb) to the large (1Gb or more). These capabilities are made accessible through the use of the MOSIX High Performance Clustering system, which allows simple "fork-and-forget" load-balancing. Most work on the CSDE Cluster is being done with R, Matlab, and MLE The CSDE MOSIX cluster is a cooperative. All CSDE affiliates are eligible for accounts. Non-Affiliates and Research Assistants can join the cluster cooperative by contributing hardware or funds toward the extension and support of the resource. Please contact us for further details Projects Using our Clusters
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