Difference between revisions of "CPU Fair scheduler"

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It is a two-level implementation of [[fair-share scheduling]] strategy.
 
It is a two-level implementation of [[fair-share scheduling]] strategy.
  
On the first level scheduler decides which VE is give the CPU time slice to, based on per-VE <code>cpuunits</code> values. On the second level the standard Linux scheduler decides which process to run in that container, using standard Linux process priorities and such.
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On the first level the scheduler decides which VE is give the CPU time slice to, based on per-VE <code>cpuunits</code> values. On the second level the standard Linux scheduler decides which process to run in that container, using standard Linux process priorities and such.
  
 
OpenVZ administrator can set up different values of <code>cpuunits</code> for different containers, and the CPU time will be given to those proportionally.
 
OpenVZ administrator can set up different values of <code>cpuunits</code> for different containers, and the CPU time will be given to those proportionally.

Revision as of 00:46, 2 April 2011

The Fair scheduler distributes CPU resources among the VEs, and controls CPU resource management.

It is a two-level implementation of fair-share scheduling strategy.

On the first level the scheduler decides which VE is give the CPU time slice to, based on per-VE cpuunits values. On the second level the standard Linux scheduler decides which process to run in that container, using standard Linux process priorities and such.

OpenVZ administrator can set up different values of cpuunits for different containers, and the CPU time will be given to those proportionally.

Also there is a way to limit CPU time, e.g. say that this container is limited to, say, 10% of CPU time available.

...Stay tuned for more info...

Monitoring

The scheduler can be monitored by using the /proc/vz/vestat file.