On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 09:55:27AM -0700, Paul D. Buck wrote:
> When the repaired the Hubble this last few months ago they went into a
> mode where little science is being done because they are testing and
> calibrating so that when the do go back to doing science, it will be
> accurate. For a collection of scientists and engineers we as a group
> are collectively very reluctant to actually subject our systems to any
> sort of tests. And with there are so many that seem to delight in
> running their systems at the upper edge f stability, I find this even
> more curious ...
The difference is that while the Hubble does not change after the
measurements are done, we're running a lot of clients on virtual
machines so their observed performance can and will change shortly
after the benchmark have finished.
Currently we're using virtualization because that makes the
infrastructure management so much easier. But as virtualization gains
momentum on regular desktops, running BOINC inside a VM may become even
more attractive, since it provides much better security than the current
sandboxing code.
Gabor
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