Is LVS a solution for a renderfarm

[Axel Dunkel]

Jason,

> Can LVS take any application that would run on a single
> machine and run it from the LVS machine with a cluster of
> machines in the backend?  Or does the application have to
> have support for LVS built in?  I know rendering is very CPU
> intensive.  Does LVS work well with CPU intensive apps?

LVS can balance network connections to a bunch of servers very effectively -
but not much more. It does not balance computing power etc., just tcp/udp
connections using various scheduling algorithms. If you are looking into
balancing CPU intensive processes, something like openMosix
(www.openmosix.org) might suit your needs better.

Best regards,
Axel Dunkel 

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