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Lets say, I have a private cloud, with 4 nodes, each having 1 quad core processor,
4 GB RAM. I want to request all the resources available for a single vm instance, for example I want m1.xlarge profile to have 16 cpu, 16 GB of RAM, and use the instance for a very computationally intensive task. Is this feasible in eucalyptus? I know cloud is meant for the efficient usage of resources, but can it be used like a grid? Please enlighten me...
Hello,
as far as I know, there is no hypervisor which allows you to do what you are asking (that is create a big SMP machine out of smaller machines). Eucalyptus relies on the hypervisors to start/stop/manage the instances, so in this case Eucalyptus will not be able to do what you are asking. You can create private clusters if you want to.
If you are aware of any such hypervisor, let us know.
cheers
graziano
Thanx for the reply Graziano, i guess i am not aware of any such hypervisor...