openMosix
openMosix
Hi there! Welcome to the forum. You're just starting out with tech, which is awesome. You have a few old workstations running I7-3770 and some 10GB network cards, so you're looking to explore possibilities. I saw Mosix and openMosix mentioned, and I wanted to know if it's feasible to connect them into a custom setup like a DIY supercomputer. It might not be the most efficient or cost-effective way, but it could definitely be a cool learning project for you. If you're curious, I can share more details about how it works. Let me know!
P.S. You mentioned searching the forum but didn't find anything—no worries, that's okay!
OpenMosix is quite old. Although the idea you have in mind might be achievable, development has stopped completely about ten years ago. It only functions on Linux 2.4.x, which isn’t currently supported by any widely available and maintained distribution. Better options exist, like Slurm or TORQUE. Another interesting initiative is distcc, a distributed C* compiler.
I understand. Regarding those alternative options, do they support splitting individual tasks such as benchmarking software, or are they better suited for handling multiple tasks at once? Additionally, could any of them enable running windows inside a virtual machine on the host system? P.S. I’m still getting the hang of this subject, but it really interests me—thank you for your patience.