VirtualMachinesandCloud

Cluster
DanThanhTon
UniversityofColoradoDenver
2010SIParCSInternship
Mentor:IrfanElahi

Overview
InstalledtwooperaDngsystemsonone
computer
Installedtwovirtualmachinesoneach
operaDngsystem
WroteandusedbenchmarkrouDnestotest
theperformanceofCPU,memory,harddrive
Builtacloudclusterfrombaremetalonthe
Thundersupercomputerandinstalledvirtual
machinesonit

VirtualMachine
Avirtualmachine(VM)
isasoOware
implementaDonofa
machinethatexecutesa
programlikeaphysical
machine.

OracleVMVirtualBox
Itinstallsmanydierent
operaDngsystemsonan
exisDngoperaDngsystem
suchas:
WindowsandLinuxon
Mac
WindowsServer2008on
Linuxserver
LinuxonWindowsPC

WhyisvirtualizaDonuseful?

OperaDngsystemsupport
TesDnganddisasterrecovery
InfrastructureconsolidaDon
EasiersoOwareinstallaDon

Benchmarks
BenchmarkrouDnesareusedtomeasurea
certainaspectofperformance
oCPUperformance
oMemoryperformance
oHarddriveperformance
oNetworkperformance

CPUBenchmark
TestCPUperformance
ThesametestwasusedtobenchmarkCPU
performanceonbothsystems

CPUPerformance
WindowsServer2008hypervisor

80

80

70

70

Performance(Seconds)

Performance(Seconds)

Ubuntu/Linuxhypervisor

60
50
40
30
20

60
50
40
30
20

10

10

Sizeofdata(Mb)
UbuntuVM
WindowsServer2008VM

Sizeofdata(Mb)
UbuntuVM
WindowsServer2008VM

HardDriveBenchmark
Testharddriveperformance
Thesametestwasusedtobenchmarkhard
driveperformanceonbothsystems

HardDrivePerformance
WindowsServer2008hypervisor

140

140

120

120

Performance(Seconds)

Performance(Seconds)

Ubuntu/Linuxhypervisor

100
80
60
40
20
0

100
80
60
40
20
0

Sizeofle(Mb)
UbuntuVM
WindowsServer2008VM

Sizeofle(Mb)
UbuntuVM
WindowsServer2008VM

MemoryBenchmark
Testmemoryperformance
Thesametestwasusedtobenchmark
memoryperformanceonbothsystems

Size(Mb)
UbuntuVM
WindowsServer2008VM
Size(Mb)
UbuntuVM
WindowsServer2008VM

6.41

6.1

5.8

5.49

5.19

4.88

0
4.58

0
4.27

10

3.97

10

3.66

20

3.36

30

3.05

40

2.75

50

2.44

50

2.14

60

1.83

60

Performance(Seconds)

Ubuntu/LinuxOShypervisor

1.53

6.41

6.1

5.8

5.49

5.19

4.88

4.58

4.27

3.97

3.66

3.36

3.05

2.75

2.44

2.14

1.83

1.53

Performance(Seconds)

MemoryPerformance
WindowsServer2008hypervisor

40

30

20

PystoneBenchmark
TestCPUandmemoryperformance
ThesametestwasusedtobenchmarkCPU
andmemoryperformanceonbothsystems

20000
20000

10000
10000

0
0

Numberofloops

UbuntuVM
WindowsServer2008VM
Numberofloops
UbuntuVM
WindowsServer2008VM

3300000

3100000

2900000

2700000

2500000

2300000

2100000

1900000

30000

1700000

40000

1500000

50000

1300000

60000

1100000

60000

900000

70000

700000

70000

500000

80000

300000

80000

pystones/second
90000

100000

Ubuntu/Linuxhypervisor

90000

50000

3300000

3100000

2900000

2700000

2500000

2300000

2100000

1900000

1700000

1500000

1300000

1100000

900000

700000

500000

300000

100000

50000

pystones/second

PystoneBenchmark
WindowsServer2008hypervisor

50000

40000

30000

RichardBenchmark
TestCPUandmemoryperformance
ThesametestwasusedtobenchmarkCPU
andmemoryperformanceonbothsystems

RichardsBenchmark
Ubuntu/Linuxhypervisor

WindowsServer2008hypervisor

100

100

80

80
Time(sec)

120

60

60

40

20

20

0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
110
120
130
140
150
160
170
180
190
200
210

40

10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
110
120
130
140
150
160
170
180
190
200
210

Time(ms)

120

NumberofiteraIons

NumberofIteraIon

UbuntuVM
WindowsServer2008VM

UbuntuVM
WindowsServer2008VM

ReviewAnalysis
Ubuntuperformedbe`erthanWindows
UnderharddrivetheamountofDmetoread
signicantlyless
ImprovedresultsinCPU&Memorytests
ComputaDonofPystone/secondsgreaterthan
Windows
RichardsbenchmarkcomputedinlessDmeper
iteraDons

RelevantUseCase
Givenanopportunityto
buildacloudcluster
Providedwithhardware
toassemblecluster

CloudCompuDng
Deliverhostedservicesoverthe
Internet
AcloudservicehasthreedisDnct
characterisDcsthatdierenDateit
fromtradiDonalhosDng
Soldondemand
elasDc
fullymanagedbytheprovider

Thereare2kindsofcloudcompuDng:
Public
Private

CreaDngThunderHPCCloud
Deploymasternode
Deployclusternodes
Deployvirtualmachines

MasterNode
o UseSystemRescuebootdisktobootthemasternode
o Congurethenetwork
o Downloadandextracttheinstallscriptthenruntheinstall
scripttoinstallthenode
o Generatersaanddsakeys
o Reboot
o Connecttomasternodeviassh
o RestoretheinstallaDonRepo

ClusterNodes
o TheclusterissplitupintotwoDers
o Updateallthesefngs
o InstalltherstDer
o RebootallthenodesintherstDer
o CheckthatallthenodesareupbyconnecDngtoallthenodes
o InstallthesecondDer
o RebootallthenodesinthesecondDer
o Checkthatallthenodesareup

DeployVirtualMachines
o DownloadalistofVMs
o PushVMstoassignedservers
o ConnecttoeachnodeandcheckifVMswereinstalled
correctly
sshtoeachnode

Sources
OracleVMVirtualBoxOracleCorpora+on
h`p://www.virtualbox.org/manual/UserManual.html
SpecializedHPCClustersintheCloudJasonStowe
h`p://www.syscon.com/node/1447223
CloudCompuDng
h`p://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloud_compuDng
h`p://searchcloudcompuDng.techtarget.com
PegasusXenClusterNathanRiniNCAR
VirtualizaDonNathanRiniNCAR

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