Linux Distributed Operating System

[pavvu_kk]

I'm looking for a free (or paid) Distributed OS (DOS). I'm trying to locate paid download for Linux Xtreme but am not able to locate it. Moreover I'm told that it's outdated.

Is there any Linux based DOS that I can make use of or extend it.

Thanks

[techieMoe]

I'm curious what you mean by a distributed OS. As opposed to a mainframe OS? Are we talking about an OS for a regular workstation? I've not heard of this Linux "Xtreme" you speak of, but there are certainly quite a few free of charge versions of Linux.

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[pavvu_kk]

By DOS I mean an OS that can run my Network of machines (NOM) cluster. I have a couple of CPUs. I want to connect them using ethernet and then use a DOS to use the combined hardware as one CPU.

Regards,
Pavan

[techieMoe]

Ah, so you want to set up some sort of cluster or array?

[pavvu_kk]

Yes. Is there any version of Linux that can help me?

[techieMoe]

Yes. Is there any version of Linux that can help me?

I'm not familiar with this sort of thing myself, but perhaps these sites can help:

The Linux Clustering Information Center
Linux Cluster HOWTO
Beowulf.org: The Beowulf Cluster Site

[pavvu_kk]

Thanks for the links.

I'm pretty new to Linux (coming from Windows background) and can't understand the jargon written here ram.org/computing/linux/linux_cluster-3.html#ss3.1

Could anyone help me understand which kind of linux do I need to get?

[reed9]

KRUD is an old distribution that is no longer active. It looks like it was based somewhat on Red Hat, not sure though.

Red Hat or the unbranded free (of cost) version CentOS are good alternate choices.

[jayd512]

I'm not familiar with clustering, but there are also toolkits available for the management of them, such as xCAT. You should easily be able to find more info online.
But I'll also agree with reed9. RHEL or CentOS should be viable options for you. Both have been mentioned in quite a few articles lately involving clustering.

[Rubberman]

The best POSIX distributed operating system I know of is QNX. You might want to look into that. Otherwise, Linux clusters are an option. In any case, QNX was designed to be a network-based distributed operating system. You can run processes locally or remotely without concernt as to where. The fundamental system is a micro-kernel message-passing OS where the networking is built into the kernel. You can run it on ethernet, arcnet, token-ring, and other physical network topologies (or combination thereof) and it does automatic load-balancing, thruput optimization, and failover. Go to QNX Realtime operating system (RTOS) software, development tools, and services for embedded applications. for more information.