Dan,
I was giving (trying to give) an enumeration:
1. [Open]VMS;
2. openMosix (Linux 2.4); and
3. Other systems I may not be aware of.
I have worked on VMS systems some, but that was a lifetime ago. The one
thing I remember liked was the file version-ing. It even had CDE.
I recall openMosix had a fatal flaw, which is akin to why LX branded
zones failed its erstwhile attempt, it required the same kernel amongst
systems at a time when the kernel was changing quickly (or so it seemed
to me at the time).
Thank You,
Will
P.S. When you get up to my age you ... ahh never mind ...
On 12/28/15 4:16 PM, Dan McDonald wrote:
On Dec 28, 2015, at 5:09 PM, Will Beazley <[email protected]> wrote:
If I remember correctly VMS, one version of Linux from long long ago (scrolling
credits, let the razing commence) and some others supported process migration.
VMS... you mean https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenVMS formerly known as
VAX/VMS?!?
Wow... if you consider that "one version of Linux from long long ago" you have
a LOT of history to learn.
As for it supporting process migration, it's possible. A lot of OS research in
the mid-to-late-80s centered around making a big batch of workstation-class
machines look like one big mainframe. Look up Sprite, V, and Amoeba, for
example. Process migration between nodes was one of the Hard Problems (TM)
those systems had to contend with. I wouldn't be surprised if DEC did their own
such experiments with VMS.
Dan
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