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Re: [RFC] Virtualization steps [message #2285 is a reply to message #2201]

Tue, 28 March 2006 09:02

dev
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> Oh, after you come to an agreement and start posting patches, can you
> also outline why we want this in the kernel (what it does that low
> level virtualization doesn't, etc, etc), and how and why you've agreed
> to implement it. Basically, some background and a summary of your
> discussions for those who can't follow everything. Or is that a faq
> item?
Nick, will be glad to shed some light on it.

First of all, what it does which low level virtualization can't:
- it allows to run 100 containers on 1GB RAM
(it is called containers, VE - Virtual Environments,
VPS - Virtual Private Servers).
- it has no much overhead (<1-2%), which is unavoidable with hardware
virtualization. For example, Xen has >20% overhead on disk I/O.
- it allows to create/deploy VE in less than a minute, VE start/stop
takes ~1-2 seconds.
- it allows to dynamically change all resource limits/configurations.
In OpenVZ it is even possible to add/remove virtual CPUs to/from VE.
It is possible to increase/descrease memory limits on the fly etc.
- it has much more efficient memory usage with single template file
in a cache if COW-like filesystem is used for VE templates.
- it allows you to access VE files from host easily if needed.
This helps to make management much more flexible, e.g. you can
upgrade/repair/fix all you VEs from host, i.e. easy mass management.

OS kernel virtualization
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
OS virtualization is a kernel solution, which replaces the usage
of many global variables with context-dependant counterparts. This
allows to have isolated private resources in different contexts.

So VE means essentially context and a set of it's variables/settings,
which include but not limited to, own process tree, files, IPC
resources, IP routing, network devices and such.

Full virtualization solution consists of:
- virtualization of resources, i.e. private contexts
- resource controls, for limiting contexts
- management tools

Such kind of virtualization solution is implemented in OpenVZ
(http://openvz.org) and Linux-Vserver (http://linux-vserver.org) projects.

Summary of previous discussions on LKML
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- we agreed upon doing virtualization of each kernel subsystem
separately, not as a single virtual environment.
- we almost agreed upon calling virtualization of subsystems
"namespaces".
- we were discussing whether we should have global namespace context,
like 'current' or bypass context as an argument to all functions
which require it.
- we didn't agreed on whether we need a config option and ability to
compile kernel w/o virtual namespaces.

Thansk,
Kirill

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		[RFC] Virtualization steps By: dev on Fri, 24 March 2006 17:19
		Re: [RFC] Virtualization steps By: Nick Piggin on Fri, 24 March 2006 17:33
		Re: [RFC] Virtualization steps By: Dave Hansen on Fri, 24 March 2006 19:25
		Re: [RFC] Virtualization steps By: ebiederm on Fri, 24 March 2006 19:53
		Re: [RFC] Virtualization steps By: Bill Davidsen on Tue, 28 March 2006 04:28
		Re: Re: [RFC] Virtualization steps By: kir on Tue, 28 March 2006 06:45
		Re: Re: [RFC] Virtualization steps By: Sam Vilain on Tue, 28 March 2006 21:59
		Re: Re: [RFC] Virtualization steps By: Kir Kolyshkin on Tue, 28 March 2006 22:24
		Re: Re: [RFC] Virtualization steps By: Sam Vilain on Tue, 28 March 2006 23:28
		Re: Re: [RFC] Virtualization steps By: Kirill Korotaev on Wed, 29 March 2006 09:13
		Re: Re: [RFC] Virtualization steps By: Sam Vilain on Wed, 29 March 2006 11:08
		Re: Re: [RFC] Virtualization steps By: Herbert Poetzl on Wed, 29 March 2006 13:45
		Re: Re: [RFC] Virtualization steps By: dev on Wed, 29 March 2006 14:47
		Re: Re: [RFC] Virtualization steps By: Herbert Poetzl on Wed, 29 March 2006 17:29
		Re: Re: [RFC] Virtualization steps By: Sam Vilain on Wed, 29 March 2006 21:37
		Re: Re: [RFC] Virtualization steps By: dev on Wed, 12 April 2006 08:22
		Re: Re: [RFC] Virtualization steps By: Herbert Poetzl on Thu, 13 April 2006 01:05
		Re: Re: [RFC] Virtualization steps By: Kirill Korotaev on Thu, 13 April 2006 06:45
		Re: Re: [RFC] Virtualization steps By: Herbert Poetzl on Thu, 13 April 2006 13:42
		Re: Re: [RFC] Virtualization steps By: Cedric Le Goater on Thu, 13 April 2006 21:33
		Re: Re: [RFC] Virtualization steps By: Herbert Poetzl on Thu, 13 April 2006 22:45
		Re: Re: [RFC] Virtualization steps By: dev on Fri, 14 April 2006 07:35
		Re: Re: [RFC] Virtualization steps By: Cedric Le Goater on Fri, 14 April 2006 09:56
		Re: Re: [RFC] Virtualization steps By: Herbert Poetzl on Sat, 15 April 2006 19:29
		Re: Re: [RFC] Virtualization steps By: kir on Thu, 13 April 2006 22:51
		Re: Re: [RFC] Virtualization steps By: Cedric Le Goater on Fri, 14 April 2006 10:08
		Re: Re: [RFC] Virtualization steps By: Herbert Poetzl on Sat, 15 April 2006 19:31
		Re: [RFC] Virtualization steps By: dev on Tue, 28 March 2006 09:00
		Re: [RFC] Virtualization steps By: Bill Davidsen on Tue, 28 March 2006 14:38
		Re: [RFC] Virtualization steps By: ebiederm on Tue, 28 March 2006 15:03
		Re: [RFC] Virtualization steps By: Jeff Dike on Tue, 28 March 2006 17:47
		Re: [RFC] Virtualization steps By: Sam Vilain on Tue, 28 March 2006 23:07
		Re: [RFC] Virtualization steps By: Bill Davidsen on Wed, 29 March 2006 20:56
		Re: Re: [RFC] Virtualization steps By: Jun OKAJIMA on Tue, 28 March 2006 20:26
		Re: Re: [RFC] Virtualization steps By: kir on Tue, 28 March 2006 20:50
		Re: Re: [RFC] Virtualization steps By: Jun OKAJIMA on Tue, 28 March 2006 21:35
		Re: Re: [RFC] Virtualization steps By: ebiederm on Tue, 28 March 2006 21:51
		Re: Re: [RFC] Virtualization steps By: Sam Vilain on Tue, 28 March 2006 23:17
		Re: [RFC] Virtualization steps By: dev on Tue, 28 March 2006 09:02
		Re: [RFC] Virtualization steps By: Nick Piggin on Tue, 28 March 2006 09:15
		Re: [RFC] Virtualization steps By: Herbert Poetzl on Tue, 28 March 2006 15:35
		Re: [RFC] Virtualization steps By: ebiederm on Tue, 28 March 2006 16:31
		Re: [RFC] Virtualization steps By: Nick Piggin on Tue, 28 March 2006 15:53
		Re: [RFC] Virtualization steps By: Bill Davidsen on Wed, 29 March 2006 21:37
		Re: [RFC] Virtualization steps By: ebiederm on Tue, 28 March 2006 16:15
		Re: [RFC] Virtualization steps By: dev on Wed, 29 March 2006 01:39
		Re: [RFC] Virtualization steps By: Herbert Poetzl on Wed, 29 March 2006 13:47
		Re: Re: [RFC] Virtualization steps By: TheWiseOne on Tue, 28 March 2006 15:48
		Re: Re: [RFC] Virtualization steps By: ebiederm on Tue, 28 March 2006 16:42
		Re: Re: [RFC] Virtualization steps By: TheWiseOne on Tue, 28 March 2006 17:04
		Re: Re: [RFC] Virtualization steps By: Kirill Korotaev on Wed, 29 March 2006 00:55
		Re: [RFC] Virtualization steps By: ebiederm on Fri, 24 March 2006 18:36
		Re: [RFC] Virtualization steps By: Herbert Poetzl on Fri, 24 March 2006 21:19
		Re: [RFC] Virtualization steps By: ebiederm on Mon, 27 March 2006 18:45
		Re: [RFC] Virtualization steps By: dev on Tue, 28 March 2006 08:51
		Re: [RFC] Virtualization steps By: serue on Tue, 28 March 2006 12:53
		Re: [RFC] Virtualization steps By: Sam Vilain on Tue, 28 March 2006 22:50
		Re: [RFC] Virtualization steps By: Dave Hansen on Wed, 29 March 2006 20:30
		Re: [RFC] Virtualization steps By: ebiederm on Wed, 29 March 2006 20:47
		Re: [RFC] Virtualization steps By: Sam Vilain on Wed, 29 March 2006 22:44
		Re: [RFC] Virtualization steps By: dev on Thu, 30 March 2006 13:51
		Re: [RFC] Virtualization steps By: ebiederm on Tue, 28 March 2006 21:58

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