[libvirt] The design choice for how to enable block I/O throttling function in libvirt
shu ming
shuming at linux.vnet.ibm.com
Tue Aug 30 07:18:17 UTC 2011
See commens below.
Zhi Yong Wu:
> HI, folks,
>
> I am trying to enable block I/O throttling function in libvirt. But
> currently i met some design questions, and don't make sure if we
> should extend blkiotune to support block I/O throttling or introduce
> one new libvirt command "blkiothrottle" to cover it or not. If you
> have some better idea, pls don't hesitate to drop your comments.
>
> If one new libvirt command "blkiothrottle" is introduced, I plan to
> design its usage syntax as below:
>
> virsh # help blkiothrottle
> NAME
> blkiothrottle - Set or display a block disk I/O throttle setting.
>
> SYNOPSIS
> blkiothrottle<domain> <device> [--bps<number>] [--bps_rd
> <number>] [--bps_wr<number>] [--iops<number>] [--iops_rd<number>]
> [--iops_wr<number>]
>
> DESCRIPTION
> Set or display a block disk I/O throttle setting.
>
> OPTIONS
> [--domain]<string> domain name, id or uuid
> [--device]<string> block device
> --bps<number> total throughput limits in bytes/s
> --bps_rd<number> read throughput limits in bytes/s
> --bps_wr<number> write throughput limits in bytes/s
> --iops<number> total operation limits in numbers/s
> --iops_rd<number> read operation limits in numbers/s
> --iops_wr<number> write operation limits in numbers/s
>
How to display the current I/O throttle setting of a specific block
device here?
I prfer to have less command to be as simple as possible for users. But
it seems
that we need another command here instead of having a block IO specific
command like "iothrottle".
Supposely, the next step of I/O throttling will be network device
limit. Shoud we have another
new command like "niciothrottle"?
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