DocumentCode :
2663215
Title :
Virtual Clusters on the Fly - Fast, Scalable, and Flexible Installation
Author :
Nishimura, Hideo ; Maruyama, Naoya ; Matsuoka, Satoshi
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Math. & Comput. Sci., Tokyo Inst. of Technol., Tokyo
fYear :
2007
fDate :
14-17 May 2007
Firstpage :
549
Lastpage :
556
Abstract :
One of the advantages in virtualized computing clusters compared to traditional shared HPC environments is their ability to accommodate user-specific system customization. However, past attempts to providing virtual clusters are not scalable with increasing number of VMs, nor do they allow fine-grained customization of VMs, assuming that preconfigured VM images are always available on the grid. We propose a new virtual cluster installation technique that achieves efficiency and scalability, and yet simultaneously fine-grained customizability. It allows the user to create VMs on the fly for fine-grained customization of VMs, and pipelined data transfer for scalable installation with increasing number of VMs. To achieve efficiency in the presence of such full customization, it automatically caches frequently-constructed virtual disk images to save software installation time in common cases. Our experimental studies using a prototype implementation show that installation of a 190-node virtual cluster can be done in 40 seconds. From this result along with a scalability study, we estimate that installation of a 1000-node virtual cluster could be done in less than two minutes.
Keywords :
grid computing; virtual machines; workstation clusters; fine-grained customization; shared HPC environments; user-specific system customization; virtual disk images; virtual machines; virtualized computing clusters; Computer networks; Grid computing; Informatics; Operating systems; Physics computing; Scalability; Software prototyping; Virtual manufacturing; Virtual prototyping; Voice mail;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Cluster Computing and the Grid, 2007. CCGRID 2007. Seventh IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Rio De Janeiro
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-2833-3
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/CCGRID.2007.121
Filename :
4215422
Link To Document :
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