[coLinux-users] Re: Newb question

[M M. <mid...@gm...>]

I think I've found the article George Boutwell mentioned in his post.

http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-colinux/?ca=3Ddgr-lnx=
w02aHeteroCluster

It looks like someone's beat me to the punch, but on the plus side it
means that I don't have to "reinvent the wheel".

In regards to comments made regarding whether or not this approach
would, in fact, do what I require (namely, improve processing times
for large Adobe Premiere projects), I would point out that for this
article POV-Ray was used, a 3D graphics software package which from my
experience also chews up a ton of system resources.

On 6/21/05, Sam Moffatt <pa...@gm...> wrote:
> Let me get straight what you're trying to do.
>=20
> You want to create an openMosix cluster using coLinux. Thats hard
> work, but possible I guess. You want to have Adobe Premiere hand off
> work or be processed using that Linux cluster? What processes would
> run on the cluster, because I'm not familiar (apart from WINE) with
> getting Windows programs to run natively as would be needed for
> openMosix to operate effectively. And from my previous work with
> openMosix, I thought it handled its load by migrating processes (or in
> this case Premiere.exe) to another computer that had more power and
> less load.
>=20
> If you are trying to get Premiere to use the power of the cluster, I
> do not think it is possible. If you had a background rendering daemon
> or similar that ran under Linux, then that could be run on the
> cluster, but I feel the main program cannot.
>=20
> On 6/22/05, M Middleton <mid...@gm...> wrote:
> > I'm fairly sure that I need to be able to access Windows processes.  Th=
e
> > purpose of my project is to allow my friend using a Windows machine to
> hand
> > off some of the workload from his PC.  He uses Adobe Premiere, and whil=
e
> > he's a big fan of Open Source apps, he hasn't found any that can replac=
e
> > Premiere for his uses.  Thus, switching wholesale to Linux isn't an
> option.=20
> > Ultimately, what I need is some way for his Windows XP box to access a
> Linux
> > cluster.
> >=20
> >=20
> > On 6/21/05, Sam Moffatt <pa...@gm... > wrote:
> > > To use openMosix requires a kernel recompile. You would have to apply
> > > the requisite patches to the already modified coLinux kernel to allow=
=20
> > > coLinux to interface and then compile in Windows. This is different t=
o
> > > compiling a normal kernel and patching for openMosix support as the
> > > coLinux kernel has already been modified.
> > >=20
> > > You would be better off with a fully blown Linux system. By the way,=
=20
> > > you won't be able to use coLinux to distribute Windows processes
> > > either, in case thats what you actually had in mind, but you appear
> > > not to.
> > >=20
> > > Sam
> > >=20
> > > On 6/21/05, M Middleton < mid...@gm...> wrote:
> > > > I'd like opinions on whether or not an idea of mine is feasable.
> > > >
> > > >  My friend does a lot of video editing, and while he's a huge fan o=
f
> > > > open-source apps, he's found the video stuff less than appealing th=
us
> > far.=20
> > > > The problem is, his machine isn't exactly a powerhouse, and the wor=
k
> he
> > does
> > > > is fairly complex (he's a film student).  So, I'd like to use colin=
ux
> on
> > his
> > > > machine, running OpenMosix, so that he can connect to a cluster I'm
> > thinking=20
> > > > of building with some older machines.  He is currently running XP P=
ro
> on
> > his
> > > > desktop, and I was thinking either native colinux or maybe SuSE.
> > > >
> > > >  So, am I completely insane for thinking this might work?=20
> > > >
> > > >  Thanks!
> > > >  Matt
> > > >
> > >=20
> >=20
> >
>