[Pacemaker] Resource capacity limit

[Michael Schwartzkopff]

Am Freitag, 6. November 2009 08:49:06 schrieb Andrew Beekhof:
> On Fri, Nov 6, 2009 at 8:31 AM, Michael Schwartzkopff <misch at multinet.de> 
wrote:
> > Am Donnerstag, 5. November 2009 21:37:23 schrieb Andrew Beekhof:
> >> On Thu, Nov 5, 2009 at 8:50 PM, Michael Schwartzkopff
> >> <misch at multinet.de>
> >
> > wrote:
> >> > Hi,
> >> >
> >> > on the list was a discussion about resource capacity limits. Yan Gao
> >> > also implemented it.
> >> >
> >> > As far as I understood the discussion the solution is to attach nodes
> >> > and resources capacity limits. Resources are distributed on the nodes
> >> > of a cluster according to its capacatiy needs. They would be migrated
> >> > or shutdown if the capacity limits on the node are not met.
> >> >
> >> > My question is: Can the capacity figures of the resources be made
> >> > dynamically?
> >>
> >> You can, but you probably don't want to.
> >> For example, free RAM and CPU load are two things that absolutely make
> >> no sense to include in such calculations.
> >>
> >> Consider how it works:
> >>
> >> - The node starts and reports 2Gb of RAM
> >> - We place a service there that reserves 512Mb
> >> - The cluster knows there is 1.5Gb remaining
> >> - We place two more services there that also reserve 512Mb each
> >>
> >> If the amount of RAM at the beginning was the amount free, then when
> >> you updated it to be 512Mb the PE would run and stop two of the
> >> resources!
> >
> > Stop. I do not want to make the capacity of the nodes dynamically but the
> > actual resource consumption of the resources (i.e the database).
>
> Ah, ok, that makes more sense.
> Well like any part of the configuration it can be changed at any time.
> What we don't have though is a nice cli tool like crm_attribute for doing
> so.

I know the crm_attribute command. Of course someone can always do somw 
scripting to acchieve the aim I described above.

I just think it would be cool solution to make the cluster itself doing the 
work if condfigured to do so. So the CRM (or the RAs) should have the abaility 
to monitor the resource consumption of resources dynamically. This automatism 
would make the live of admins much easier and they would not be forced to do 
the scripting by their own.

Greetings,

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