Michael Havens wrote:
>
> On Friday 23 July 2004 06:56, George Toft wrote:
>
>>I built a MOSIX cluster about 18 months ago. I was expecting super
>>performance and was disappointed. MOSIX is wonderful for multi-threaded
>>applications and works by analyzing what node is under the heaviest load
>>and then transfering a process to another node.
>
>
> So then it doesn't assign each threard to a specific processor? My computer
> is great except for when I have something like eight windows open or am
> running xmms. I was hoping that a clustered server would like assign xmms or
> each window to a processor.
>
>
>> MOSIX was the wrong tool for solving
>>my problem, but I sure learned alot about clustering and kernel compiles.
>
>
> Because of the learning benefits I think that I will build the cluster anyway.
> It seems that knoppixcluster will not allow me to learn much (aside from the
> fact that I will have to run it as Knoppix).
>
> Oops. I just went to the home page and it only has RPMs. So I wilkl google
> "mosix debian" and.... vwalla! There's how to apt-get it! Thank you all for
> helping me learn to be self-suffiecent!
>
> But anyways, why won't it assign xmms to it's own processor?.... Or will it?
You need to read the MOSIX docs to better understand what it can do. If
XMMS is bogging you down, you might want to consider either upgrading to
something made within the last 4 years :) or trying a lighter window
manager. There's no reason why XMMS should bog you down.
I used a Duron 600 with 768MG of PC100 memory and I could download data,
burn CD's and watch mpg's without skipping frames.
--
George Toft, CISSP, MSIS
CIO
AGD,LLC
www.agdllc.com
623-203-1760
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