[ug-bosug] Belenix 0.7 can boot from RAM

[Ajey Gore]

No.. I am not. Basically, What I did not realize that mail did not go
throught completely.

That means we need 160 GB Ram :-)

If we have to run one of the build and deployment environment of live CD.

Or if want to do a LOT of stuff on high computing. Then I do not think that
you can eventually do everything off normal 2 - 4 GB Ram.

It was not a criticism, its kind of realization that whats happening in
other world. Google already has almost everything in Ram.


On 5/4/08 3:56 PM, "Sriram Narayanan" <sriramnrn at gmail.com> wrote:

> What does "That means we need 160 GB Ram :-) " mean ?
> 
> Other folks on this list are like me - we take things literally and
> would assume that you have either mis understood or are criticizing
> this notion.
> 
> -- Ram
> 
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Ajey Gore <ajey at thoughtworks.net>
> Date: Sun, May 4, 2008 at 1:23 PM
> Subject: Re: [ug-bosug] Belenix 0.7 can boot from RAM
> To: Bangalore OpenSolaris User Group <ug-bosug at opensolaris.org>,
> Moinak Ghosh <moinakg at gmail.com>
> 
> 
> That means we need 160 GB Ram :-)
> 
> 
> 
> 
>  On 5/4/08 2:11 PM, "Moinak Ghosh" <moinakg at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> On Mon, May 5, 2008 at 12:29 AM, Sriram Narayanan
> <sriramnrn at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Wow ! :) Now that is a cool thing :)
>>> 
>>> 
>>>  On Sun, May 4, 2008 at 10:52 AM, Joseph George <Joe.G at sun.com> wrote:
>>>> I am not sure everyone on this list understands what this means to
>>>>  BeleniX or another OpenSolaris LiveCD.
>>>> 
>>> 
>>>  I agree.
>>> 
>>>  I can think of three different meanings for "Belenix boots from RAM" :D
>>> 
>>>  Some questions for you:
>>>  - Would I now be able to do a PXE boot of Belenix ?
>> 
>>    No. This is a different piece. Loading the compressed image from
>>    CDROM to RAM.
>> 
>>>  - Does this mean that I now have a means to remove the LiveCD
> after bootup ?
>> 
>>    Yes.
>> 
>>>  - Would this mean that Xen could now boot the OS off RAM ?
>> 
>>    Should be yes.
>> 
>>>                 High speed bootups of VM instances containing Tomcat +
>>>  a web app is a common use case in the Build + Virtualization world.
>> 
>>   If you want to do that you are better off using a different method. Create
>>   a ramdisk using ramdiskadm and boot a VM off that.
>> 
>>   This work essentially gives a slow bootup (5+mins) but blinding fast
>>   execution and very fast installation after being booted - since everything
>>   is running off RAM.
>> 
>> Regards,
>> Moinak.
>> 
>>> 
>>>  It's really great to see new stuff, and I'm looking forward to seeing
>>>  your presentation at BOSUG !
>>> 
>>>  -- Sriram
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>>>  ~Joe
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>  On 04-May-08, at 10:32 PM, S h i v wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> On Sun, May 4, 2008 at 9:55 AM, sham pavman
>>>>> <shampavman.cg at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Its done now.
>>>>>> Belenix 0.7 can now boot from RAM!!!!
>>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> Sounds good !
>>>>> You should talk about it in the next UG meeting.
>>>>> 
>>>>> -Shiv
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