Changes between Version 11 and Version 12 of UsersGuide

Timestamp:

Oct 15, 2012 6:20:31 PM (12 years ago)

Author:

Ted Faber

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UsersGuide

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 Calls {{{containerize.py}}} on our [attachment:example1.tcl original topology] with a low packing factor.  The result is the same nodes spread across more physical machines, as we can see from the DETER web interface (visualization tab):
 
+[[Image(loose.png)]]
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+You will want to balance how many physical machines you use against how precisely you want to mimic them.
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+=== User Packing ===
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+An experimenter can specify their own packing using the {{{containers:partition}}} attribute; it is integer-valued.  All nodes with the smae partition are allocated to the same machine.  If nodes have that attribute attached to them, {{{containers.py}}} will assume that they all have been paritioned and use those.  Nodes without a partition assigned are taken to be {{{embedded_pnode}}}s.
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+== Further Reading ==
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+Hopefully these illustrative examples have given you an idea of how to use the containers system and what it is capable of.  More details are available from [wiki:Reference the reference page].  Please [mailto:faber@isi.edu contact us] if you have difficulties.