RE: [openMosix-general] Different load balancing algorithm

[<Zai...@ne...>]

If I recall correctly from a similar thread a couple of months ago, you'll need to trick openMosix into thinking that all machines have the same speed. That can be done with the 'mosctl' utility 

>Subject: [openMosix-general] Different load balancing algorithm
>Date: Mon, 9 Dec 2002 23:17:58 +0100 (MET)
>From: David Lennartsson <f9...@dd...>
>To: ope...@li...
>
>
>Hi list,
>
>I have a request for a new feature in openMosix.
>
>Currently I use openMosix in a small HPC cluster. The problem I have is
>related to that some of the nodes in the cluster are more than twice as
>fast as some other. When starting processes they migrate and everything
>works well. However, when all the fast nodes are occupied new processes do
>not migrate to the slow nodes. Instead, since the processes act
>egoistic, they migrate to a faster node and the total throughput of the
>cluster goes down. First, after all the fast nodes have at least two
>CPU intensive processes running, do processes start to migrate to the
>slower nodes. This is not a problem under full load.
>
>This is not a very pressing issue for me, but I would gladly recieve
>suggestions on how to solve this, or if possible, a load balancing scheme
>that maximises total use of the cluster instead of fastest execution of
>every process. To be fair against the processes it could also be nice with
>a round-robin implementation where processes change places once every ten
>minutes.
>
>   Good night everyone!
>
>   /david
>
>
>

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