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From: loura@cbnewsc.ATT.COM (ralph.e.loura)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: BROKER (load balancing tool)
Keywords: distributed computing, process migration
Message-ID: <4156@cbnewsc.ATT.COM>
Date: 27 Oct 89 21:01:07 GMT
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Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories
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 I am not sure if this belongs in this news group, but...

We have several UNIX(r) System VR3 workstations (386, AT&T 3B2s, etc)
that have been configured in a loosly coupled distributed processing
environment.  They all have a similar view of the file sys. and mail and
uucp.  The goal is to create a psuedo/virtual machine using several/many
physical machines.  We don't do process migration at all, but would like
to.  We were considering developing our own server to query for available
CPU's, but have heard of an HP product (called BROKER I think) that does
this.

What I am looking for is information on BROKER, experiences using it, avail.,
cost, ...   If HP is listening (and I am sure someone is) maybe you could
point me to the right people to talk to.

Thanks in advance...

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