From: Tim Burgess Newsgroups: comp.parallel Subject: Transparent Networked Parallel Computing Date: 24 May 1999 06:34:42 GMT Organization: Ye 'Ol Disorganized NNTPCache groupie Approved: bigrigg@cs.cmu.edu Message-Id: <7iaru2$gpl$1@goldenapple.srv.cs.cmu.edu> Originator: bigrigg@ux6.sp.cs.cmu.edu Xref: ukc comp.parallel:15624 Dear All, Does anyone know where I can get hold of an OS (preferably UNIX based, but this isn't compulsory) that will allow multiprocessing across an ethernet network? I was hoping for a UNIX (specifically Linux/FreeBSD) daemon or kernel that would decide which machine to run new processes/threads on, and hopefully do load balancing. All the machines would be PCs, connected by Ethernet (perhaps Fast Ethernet if we're lucky) Any suggestions? Thanks all. Cheers, Tim Burgess -- Articles to bigrigg+parallel@cs.cmu.edu (Admin: bigrigg@cs.cmu.edu) Archive: http://www.hensa.ac.uk/parallel/internet/usenet/comp.parallel