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Xen with VCPU from other servers

by Thiago Vinhas-2 :: Rate this Message:

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Hi,

Is this possible to make a xen VM to use CPU resources from other
servers, using the network?


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Re: Xen with VCPU from other servers

by Fajar A. Nugraha-3 :: Rate this Message:

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On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 5:58 AM, Thiago Vinhas <thiago@...> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Is this possible to make a xen VM to use CPU resources from other servers,
> using the network?

AFAIK, no.
Closest thing is probably using shared storage, like nfs/iscsi SAN.
But even then memory and CPU must be on the same server.

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Re: Xen with VCPU from other servers

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Fajar A. Nugraha wrote:

> On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 5:58 AM, Thiago Vinhas <thiago@...> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Is this possible to make a xen VM to use CPU resources from other servers,
>> using the network?
>
> AFAIK, no.
> Closest thing is probably using shared storage, like nfs/iscsi SAN.
> But even then memory and CPU must be on the same server.
>
And that could be possible with Xen cloud? I'm not so involved in this
project yet, but under the definition of 'cloud' I guess it could be
possible...
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Re: Xen with VCPU from other servers

by Fajar A. Nugraha-3 :: Rate this Message:

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On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 7:56 PM, Boris Quiroz <boris.quiroz@...> wrote:

>>> Is this possible to make a xen VM to use CPU resources from other servers,
>>> using the network?
>>
>> AFAIK, no.
>> Closest thing is probably using shared storage, like nfs/iscsi SAN.
>> But even then memory and CPU must be on the same server.
>>
> And that could be possible with Xen cloud? I'm not so involved in this
> project yet, but under the definition of 'cloud' I guess it could be
> possible...

If I understand correctly, Xen cloud would be a bunch of dom0s on the
same L2 network sharing the same virtualized large storage. You should
be able to easily migrate domU between dom0s, but a domU can not
exceed the sizing of its dom0.

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Re: Xen with VCPU from other servers

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Fajar A. Nugraha wrote:

> On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 7:56 PM, Boris Quiroz <boris.quiroz@...> wrote:
>>>> Is this possible to make a xen VM to use CPU resources from other servers,
>>>> using the network?
>>> AFAIK, no.
>>> Closest thing is probably using shared storage, like nfs/iscsi SAN.
>>> But even then memory and CPU must be on the same server.
>>>
>> And that could be possible with Xen cloud? I'm not so involved in this
>> project yet, but under the definition of 'cloud' I guess it could be
>> possible...
>
> If I understand correctly, Xen cloud would be a bunch of dom0s on the
> same L2 network sharing the same virtualized large storage. You should
> be able to easily migrate domU between dom0s, but a domU can not
> exceed the sizing of its dom0.
>
Obviously. The physical layer is always the limit =)
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RE: Xen with VCPU from other servers

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The closest you can really come to a domU running in two places at once is state synchronization, where two VMs memory, CPU, and storage states are kept consistent.  Kemari is one option for something like this, and you can see the kind of performance impact (~30-50% depending on the fabric) that just -synchronization- entails.
http://www.osrg.net/kemari/download/xen_summit_presentation_final.pdf       

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Nathan Eisenberg


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