New Linux for Schools Distribution Released

[MonMotha]

The problem you'd have with setting up a mosix cluster in a school 
environment is that often the connections to individual systems just 
aren't enough.  In many schools, computers are still uplinked using 
10mbit connections to huge hubs, maybe with a single switch at the core. 
  Even hubbed 100mbit wouldn't be good as you'd still be half duplex and 
have a big collision domain.  A good cluster really needs at least a 
dedicated switched 100mbit full duplex line to each node, and that might 
still be slow (mosix clusters are often implemented over gbit ethernet 
or IEEE1394) as each system making requests would be limited by it's own 
100mbit connection.

I've been thinking of setting up a Mosix cluster in my home (have a P3 
1GHz, Tbird 1.2, K6-2/450, P233MMX, and a Celery 366) over 100mbit 
ethernet, so I'd be happy to see how that kind of thing would scale and 
could provide an environment for you to play around in (via SSH, VNC, 
etc) if you need a place to test.

--MonMotha

Warren Togami wrote:
> Holy crap!  An awesome quote from the bottom of that LTSP article.
> 
> "Next up for the project on the software side is getting K12LTSP to work as
> a Mosix cluster. Nelson says the team wasn't ready to include Mosix
> compatibility in this version, but look for future versions that allow
> K12LTSP servers to work together."
> 
> I was only THEORIZING this a while back, with some naysayers saying it would
> be "too hard".  If LTSP can get this working easily, it would be awesome!
> This would mean that you can easily scale a LTSP server load by adding more
> servers without taking down the network.  Even additional workstations can
> contribute spare CPU cycles, RAM and storage to the LTSP cluster.
> 
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