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 integration among the processors, which may include personal workstations and shared memory and non—shared memory multiprocessors, connected by fast communication links. This integration include...