Clusters (was CLUG meeting 23 May 2002)

[Richard Cottrill]

> Same as Matt I have not been able to attend for a while now.  If anyone
> is interested (and I can make it) then I could talk about my experience
> in setting up a Linux/mosix cluster with failover for web hosting.

I won't be able to make to any meetings for the foreseeable future; but I am
curious about how well this sort of thing works. The OpenMosix web site
suggests it's not really suitable for shared memory applications
(specifically citing web servers).

Can anyone give me a concise description of what 'grid computing' means?