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RE: [Xen-devel] JavaRMI and Xen problem

To: "Mark Williamson" <mark.williamson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, <xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "Ian Pratt" <m+Ian.Pratt@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: [Xen-devel] JavaRMI and Xen problem
From: "Dharanikota, Sai" <sai.dharanikota@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2005 15:00:44 +0200
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Hello,

 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Williamson [mailto:mark.williamson@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2005 9:53 PM
To: xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: Dharanikota, Sai
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] JavaRMI and Xen problem

 

> I am facing a strange problem with Java RMI and Xen. I will describe the

> problem as well as the experimental results.

 

Yup, it's definitely a strange looking problem!

 

> Scenario1: Machine2 is booted with xen as the kernel

 

How much memory have you configured for dom0?  If it's less than the full

allocation (e.g. if you are reserving space for other VMs) then the JVM / RMI

Registry could be thrashing the swap device?

I have tested with 128M, 170M, 200M. The results of all the tests look the same.

 

If it's not that then, as Ian said, some other network performance numbers

(e.g. ttcp, or just ftp a large file across and calculate the bandwidth)

would be interesting.

 

I have calculated the throughput with the tool netperf.

 

                          Throughput (10^6 bits/sec)

 

With xen as kernel:          94.13

Without xen as kernel:       94.13

 

What version of Xen are you running on?  -stable, -testing or -unstable.  If

you're running -unstable, what revision are you on?

 

I am using Xen 2.0.5 stable binary release

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According to my observation the network connection between the two systems are fine. There is no problem with the network.

 

I have done another test which would be very interesting.

 

In this scenario there is only one machine. The client and the server applications run on one machine.

 

Results:

 

Memory                        128M        170M        200M

 

With xen as kernel            99.67 sec   112 sec     108 sec

 

Without xen as kernel         13.5 sec    13.5 sec    13.5 sec

 

From the above results it is pretty clear that the problem is the same irrespective of how the client and the server are connected. Can any body give pointers to my problem? Do I need to do any additional tests?

 

Thanks,

Sai

 

 

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