Dynamic Transparent General Purpose Process Migration For Linux
This work addresses process migration for Linux users, but it appears incremental as it builds on existing concepts with a new architectural implementation.
The authors tackled the problem of transferring a running process between machines in a network by proposing a process migration framework for Linux OS, which uses a multilayer architecture to separate functionalities and supports diverse applications through a generic user space interface and dynamic structure.
Process migration refers to the act of transferring a process in the middle of its execution from one machine to another in a network. In this paper, we proposed a process migration framework for Linux OS. It is a multilayer architecture to confine every functionality independent section of the system in separate layer. This architecture is capable of supporting diverse applications due to generic user space interface and dynamic structure that can be modified according to demands.