Re: [Qemu-devel] QEMU redesigned for MPI (Message Passing Interface)

2009-11-17 Thread Avi Kivity
On 11/17/2009 02:20 PM, Paul Brook wrote: What you're describing is commonly referred to as a Single System Image. It's been around for a while and can be found in software-only verses (pre-Xen VirtualIron, ScaleMP) and hardware-assisted (IBM, 3leaf). Or better still do it at the OS level

Re: [Qemu-devel] QEMU redesigned for MPI (Message Passing Interface)

2009-11-17 Thread Paul Brook
> > The practical example below will explain it completely: > > > > 1) we take 4 common modern computers - CoreQuad + 8 GB Memory. > > 2) we assemble a standard Linux cluster with 16 cores and 32G memory. > > 3) and now - we run the only one virtual guest system, but give it ALL > > available resou

Re: [Qemu-devel] QEMU redesigned for MPI (Message Passing Interface)

2009-11-16 Thread Jamie Lokier
Mulyadi Santosa wrote: > Hi Victor... > > On 11/13/09, Victor Vasilchenko wrote: > > The only BIG question - what virtualization software can support MPI to > > effectively work on cluster ? > > > > I am asking this question to QEMU team cause I believe QEMU can be the one. > > If you have any id

Re: [Qemu-devel] QEMU redesigned for MPI (Message Passing Interface)

2009-11-16 Thread Anthony Liguori
Victor Vasilchenko wrote: Good day, I've got an idea in my head and can't get rid of it - neither can I find any solution on web. The idea is to use the Virtualization Software with the purpose OPPOSITE to it's natural way. The practical example below will explain it completely: 1) we tak

Re: [Qemu-devel] QEMU redesigned for MPI (Message Passing Interface)

2009-11-16 Thread Mulyadi Santosa
Hi Victor... On 11/13/09, Victor Vasilchenko wrote: > The only BIG question - what virtualization software can support MPI to > effectively work on cluster ? > > I am asking this question to QEMU team cause I believe QEMU can be the one. > If you have any ideas or experiments or information - ple

[Qemu-devel] QEMU redesigned for MPI (Message Passing Interface)

2009-11-15 Thread Victor Vasilchenko
Good day, I've got an idea in my head and can't get rid of it - neither can I find any solution on web. The idea is to use the Virtualization Software with the purpose OPPOSITE to it's natural way. The practical example below will explain it completely: 1) we take 4 common modern computers - Co