[libvirt] [PATCH 1/2] qemu: Add support for changing timeout value to open unix monitor socket

[Pavel Fux]

there are 8 servers with 8 vms on each server. all the qcow images are on
the nfs share on the same external server.
we are starting all 64 vms at the same time.
each vm is 2.5GB X 64vms = 160GB = 1280Gb
to read all of the data on a 1Gbe interface will take 1280sec = 21.3min
not all of the image is being read on boot so it takes only 5min

anyway, one timeout won't solve all problems, why not 31? or 60?


On Thu, Jan 23, 2014 at 4:44 PM, Daniel P. Berrange <berrange at redhat.com>wrote:

> On Thu, Jan 23, 2014 at 04:40:40PM +0200, Pavel Fux wrote:
> > I agree, there is no harm in adding an option of configuration, different
> > setup configurations require different timeout values.
> > my setup was 8 servers booted with PXE boot and running on nfs rootfs,
> with
> > 8 vms on each.
> > when I tried to start all of them together the bottle neck was the
> network
> > and it takes about 5 minutes till they all start.
>
> That doesn't make any sense. The waiting code here is about the QEMU
> process' initial startup sequence - ie the gap between exec'ing the
> QEMU binary, and it listening on the monitor socket.  PXE / nfsroot
> doesn't get involved there at all. Even if it were involve, if you're
> seeing 5 minute delays with only 8 vms on the host, something is
> seriously screwed with your host. This isn't a compelling reason to
> add this config option to libvirt.
>
> Daniel
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