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==== Building Xen ==== | ==== Building Xen ==== | ||
- | To come. | + | < |
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+ | yum install -y --nogpgcheck xen kernel-xen \ | ||
+ | virt-manager libvirt libvirt-python python-virtinst | ||
+ | |||
+ | chkconfig xend on | ||
+ | |||
+ | # disable selinux / | ||
+ | |||
+ | # add to xen kernel grub line soe stuff | ||
+ | title CentOS (2.6.18-371.6.1.el5xen) | ||
+ | root (hd0,0) | ||
+ | kernel / | ||
+ | module / | ||
+ | module / | ||
+ | |||
+ | # hostname fully qualified (in case we go to Ganeti later) | ||
+ | |||
+ | # edit some settings in / | ||
+ | |||
+ | # turn off some services with chkconfig | ||
+ | # cups, iptables, ip6tables, autofs, crond, sysstat, bluetooth | ||
+ | # firstboot, ipmi, iscsi, iscsid | ||
+ | |||
+ | reboot | ||
+ | |||
+ | </ | ||
+ | |||
+ | * [[http:// | ||
+ | * [[http:// | ||
+ | * [[https:// | ||
+ | |||
+ | Then launch '' | ||
+ | |||
+ | Build a base clone and install what you need (like the Lava scheduler files). Then shut it down. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Now you build a script to clone and post prep new clones build of it. | ||
+ | |||
+ | < | ||
+ | |||
+ | #/ | ||
+ | |||
+ | # automate this | ||
+ | |||
+ | virt-clone --original vmdemo --name bvm7 --file / | ||
+ | # wait 3 mins | ||
+ | sleep 180 | ||
+ | |||
+ | virsh start bvm7 | ||
+ | # wait 2 mins | ||
+ | sleep 120 | ||
+ | |||
+ | # clobber vmdemo rc.local that sets up a static ip that you know rather than dhcp for automation | ||
+ | cd /root | ||
+ | scp rc.local vmdemo:/ | ||
+ | |||
+ | ssh vmdemo "cat / | ||
+ | ssh vmdemo "scp / | ||
+ | |||
+ | ssh vmdemo "cat / | ||
+ | ssh vmdemo "scp / | ||
+ | |||
+ | ssh vmdemo reboot | ||
+ | # wait 2 mins | ||
+ | sleep 120 | ||
+ | |||
+ | </ | ||
==== Testing Xen ==== | ==== Testing Xen ==== | ||
- | ^3d Lennard-Jones melt: for 10,000 steps with 32,000 atoms^^^ | + | ^ 3d Lennard-Jones melt: for 10,000 steps with 32,000 atoms ^^^ |
^ Queue, node, HT ^ Jobs/Node, Loop Time ^ Comment | ^ Queue, node, HT ^ Jobs/Node, Loop Time ^ Comment | ||
| hp12, n15, no-HT | 01 jobs, 481 | | | | hp12, n15, no-HT | 01 jobs, 481 | | | ||
| hp12, n15, no-HT | 07 jobs, 482 | | | | hp12, n15, no-HT | 07 jobs, 482 | | | ||
| hp12, n2, yes-HT | | hp12, n2, yes-HT | ||
- | | hp12, n2, yes-HT | + | | hp12, n2, yes-HT |
- | | bss24, no-HT | 01 jobs, 844 | | | + | | bss24, many, no-HT | 01 jobs, 844 | |
- | | | + | | |
- | | bss24vm, bvm1, no-HT | + | | bss24vm, bvm1, VM |
- | | bss24vm, bvm1, no-HT | + | | bss24vm, bvm1, VM |
- | | bss24vm, bvm1, no-HT | | + | | bss24vm, bvm2, VM | 08 jobs, 3582 | 8 vcpus, 1024 ram | |
- | | bss24vm, bvm2, no-HT | + | | bss24vm, bvm1, VM | 32 jobs, XXXX | 32 vcpus, 1024 ram | |
+ | | bss24vm, bvm1-4, VM | 4x01jobs, 1818 | 4x1vcpu, 4x128 ram | | ||
+ | | bss24vm, bvm1-8, VM | 8x01jobs, 3745 | 8x1vcpu, 8x128 ram | | ||
+ | ^ optimal physical to virtual cpu ratio for best performance according to Xen ^^^ | ||
+ | | bss24, many, no HT | | ||
+ | | bss24vm, bvm2-3, VM | 2x02jobs, 1708 | 2x2vcpus, 2x128 ram, | | ||
+ | | bss24vm, bvm2-5, VM | 4x02jobs, XXXX | 4x2vcpus, 4x128 ram, optimal physical to virtual cpus ratio | | ||
+ | | bss24vm, bvm1-8, VM | ||
+ | ^ this is odd ^^^ | ||
+ | | bss24vm, bvm1, VM | 03 jobs, 1273 * | ||