Is anything done at the kernel level portable (e.g. to Windows)? It *can* be, in principle at least (by putting appropriate #ifdef's in the code), but I am wondering if it is in reality.
Also, in 2005 there was an attempt to implement SSI (Single System Image) functionality to the then-current 2.6.10 kernel. The proposal was very detailed and covered most of the bases of task creation, PID allocation etc across a loosely tied cluster (without using fancy hardware such as RDMA fabric). Anybody knows if it was ever implemented? Any pointers in this direction? Thanks and regards Durga On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 11:08 AM, Rayson Ho <raysonlo...@gmail.com> wrote: > Srinivas, > > There's also Kernel-Level Checkpointing vs. User-Level Checkpointing - > if you can checkpoint an MPI task and restart it on a new node, then > this is also "process migration". > > Of course, doing a checkpoint & restart can be slower than pure > in-kernel process migration, but the advantage is that you don't need > any kernel support, and can in fact do all of it in user-space. > > Rayson > > > On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 10:26 AM, Ralph Castain <r...@open-mpi.org> wrote: >> It also depends on what part of migration interests you - are you wanting to >> look at the MPI part of the problem (reconnecting MPI transports, ensuring >> messages are not lost, etc.) or the RTE part of the problem (where to >> restart processes, detecting failures, etc.)? >> >> >> On Aug 24, 2011, at 7:04 AM, Jeff Squyres wrote: >> >>> Be aware that process migration is a pretty complex issue. >>> >>> Josh is probably the best one to answer your question directly, but he's >>> out today. >>> >>> >>> On Aug 24, 2011, at 5:45 AM, srinivas kundaram wrote: >>> >>>> I am final year grad student looking for my final year project in >>>> OpenMPI.We are group of 4 students. >>>> I wanted to know about the "Process Migration" process of MPI processes in >>>> OpenMPI. >>>> Can anyone suggest me any ideas for project related to process migration >>>> in OenMPI or other topics in Systems. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> regards, >>>> Srinivas Kundaram >>>> srinu1...@gmail.com >>>> +91-8149399160 >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> users mailing list >>>> us...@open-mpi.org >>>> http://www.open-mpi.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/users >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Jeff Squyres >>> jsquy...@cisco.com >>> For corporate legal information go to: >>> http://www.cisco.com/web/about/doing_business/legal/cri/ >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> users mailing list >>> us...@open-mpi.org >>> http://www.open-mpi.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/users >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> users mailing list >> us...@open-mpi.org >> http://www.open-mpi.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/users >> > > > > -- > Rayson > > ================================================== > Open Grid Scheduler - The Official Open Source Grid Engine > http://gridscheduler.sourceforge.net/ > > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list > us...@open-mpi.org > http://www.open-mpi.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/users >
