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Subject: Load balancing rsh
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In the contrib directory of 4.3 BSD there is a program called dsh
that behaves like rsh except that it picks the least loaded
machine (out of a list of machines) on which to run the command.
The program starts out by getting "bids" from the list
of servers.  It picks the least loaded one and uses rsh
to run the commands on it.

I am looking for a "second generation" version of this program.
There seem to be many ways to improve functionality and efficiency.
I am interested in any information about an improved version
of dsh or a completely new program with similar functionality.

			   Yuval Tamir

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