Oscar + Mosix/OpenMosix

[Guy Teverovsky]

I’m trying to find a smart way to centrally manage the Mosix/OpenMosix cluster nodes and after some google-ing have come up with Oscar which looks like a good candidate for the task (http://oscar.sf.net). I remember that the name has come up at this list, so some questions: -          Does Oscar play well with OpenMosix (or Mosix) kernel ? -          My understanding is that Oscar provides userland tools for running distributed jobs on the cluster nodes without the need for *Mosix kernel, so this boils up to: what are the advantages of adding *Mosix kernel into the mix ? (performance ? capabilities ?) -          Long shot: the documentation states that only RHEL 3 Update 2/3 are supported. Any chance someone witnessed or deployed it on RHEL3 Update 4 ? -          A friend of mine mentioned an alternative called Clip (appears that Team have deployed it), but I seam not to be able to find anything about it on the web. Any pointer would be helpful.   I am the stage that I have the luxury to build the whole thing from scratch, so any pointers, tips, alternatives, experiences are welcome. The intension is to have an HPC cluster for long running tasks that are heavy on CPU.   TIA, Guy