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appnotes:cow [2008/02/27 18:33]
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appnotes:cow [2009/02/25 12:44] (current)
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 +====== Copy on Write Vblade Server ======
  
 +If you want to support a lot of aoe clients, then using a copy on write device
 +may be the answer for you. I've written a small script that will setup
 +your loop device and device mapper configration for you. It will also run
 +vblade and link the approite cow block device with a aoe instance.
 +
 +
 +For more information on how copy on write works goto http://​en.wikipedia.org/​wiki/​Copy_on_write
 +
 +Here's a Diagram of how the scripts set things up (showing 4 cow devices)
 +Dash Disks represent Virtual Device, Solid disk represent sparse files on disk.
 +
 +{{:​holycow2.png|:​holycow.png}}
 +
 +
 +
 +
 +=========
 +
 +<code bash>
 +
 +#Copy on write for vblade server v0.5
 +#toxicnaan guess what goes here gmail.com
 +#this uses raw device mapper commands, if your using either LVM,​LVM2,​DM,​LOOP
 +#then run it at your own risk!
 +#This will be like crossing the streams, it will be bad, very bad.
 +#don't run this if you don't understand whats going on
 +#if this script murders your dog/cat, deletes your server, or causes a war
 +#you can't blame me.
 +
 +#useage makecow.sh 'image file name'
 +#image file name is an image that you want booted over aoe.
 +
 +#takes a current imagefile, and makes 8 cow devices using loop and devicemapper
 +#it uses sparse files to cut down on diskspace
 +#using this script allows for many machines booting over aoe to use
 +#the same primary disk image.
 +#all writes your clients with go into the cow files.
 +
 +#you need to be root to run this.
 +#for extra fun, try placing your cow files on a suitable large ram disk
 +#like /dev/shm for extra speeeeeeeeeeeeeed!
 +#vblade dirly run in background, targets range from 0 0 to 0 7.
 +
 +#big greets to the masters of #etherboot on freenode. Thanks for all
 +#your help getting gpxe working for me!!!!!!
 +#no thanks to device mapper documentation!!!!
 +
 +
 +modprobe dm_mod
 +modprobe dm_mirror
 +modprobe dm_snapshot
 +
 +IMAGE_FILE=$1
 +
 +img_loop_dev=`losetup -f`
 +
 +losetup -v -f $IMAGE_FILE
 +
 +cow_size=`blockdev --getsize $img_loop_dev`
 +echo $cow_size
 +chunk_size=64
 +
 +FILE=$IMAGE_FILE
 +
 +for loopnumber in 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
 +do
 +dd if=/​dev/​zero of=$FILE.cow.$loopnumber bs=512 count=0 seek=$cow_size
 +COWLOOPDEV=`losetup -f`
 +losetup -v -f $FILE.cow.$loopnumber
 +echo "0 $cow_size snapshot $img_loop_dev $COWLOOPDEV p $chunk_size"​ | dmsetup create $FILE.cow.$loopnumber
 +
 +vblade 0 $loopnumber eth0 /​dev/​mapper/​$FILE.cow.$loopnumber &
 +
 +echo $COWLOOPDEV ​ is attached to $FILE.cow.$loopnumber
 +done
 +
 +losetup -a
 +dmsetup table
 +
 +</​code>​
 +
 +
 +Same diagram but in Ascii.
 +
 +<​code>​
 +
 +Converted to PNG with http://​ditaa.sourceforge.net/​
 +
 +                              -----------------------------
 +                              |--/​dev/​mapper/​Image.cow.0--|
 +                       ​|----/​----------+ ​      /​-----------+ ​     ​
 +                       ​| ​   :{s}       ​| ​      ​|{s} ​       |--vblade eth0
 +                       ​| ​   |/​dev/​loop1|------>​|Image.cow.0| ​ 0 0
 +                       ​| ​   +----------/ ​      ​+-----------/​
 +                       |
 +                       ​| ​     ----------------------------- ​    
 +/​-----------+ ​         |      |--/​dev/​mapper/​Image.cow.1--|
 +:{s}        |          |----/​----------+ ​      /​-----------+
 +|           ​| ​         |    :{s}       ​| ​      ​|{s} ​       |--vblade eth0
 +|           ​| ​   COW   ​| ​   |/​dev/​loop2|------>​|Image.cow.1| ​ 0 1
 +|/dev/loop0 |----------| ​   +----------/ ​      ​+-----------/​
 +|           ​| ​         |
 +|           ​| ​         |      -----------------------------
 +|           | SNAPSHOT |      |--/​dev/​mapper/​Image.cow.2--|
 +|READ ONLY  |          |----/​----------+ ​      /​-----------+
 ++-----------/ ​         |    :{s}       ​| ​      ​|{s} ​       |-->​vblade eth0
 +      |                |    |/​dev/​loop3|------>​|Image.cow.2| ​  0 2
 +      |                |    +----------/ ​      ​+-----------/​
 +      |                |
 +/​-----------+ ​         |      -----------------------------
 +|{s}        |          |      |--/​dev/​mapper/​Image.cow.3--|
 +|Image.img ​ |          |----/​----------+ ​      /​-----------+
 ++-----------/ ​              :​{s} ​      ​| ​      ​|{s} ​       |-->​vblade eth0
 +                            |/​dev/​loop4|------>​|Image.cow.3| ​  0 3
 +                            +----------/ ​      ​+-----------/ ​  
 +                              ​
 +/​--------------------------------------------\
 +|             ​dmsetup table                  |
 +|Image.cow.3:​ 0 8193150 snapshot 7:0 7:4 P 64|
 +|Image.cow.2:​ 0 8193150 snapshot 7:0 7:3 P 64|
 +|Image.cow.1:​ 0 8193150 snapshot 7:0 7:2 P 64|
 +|Image.cow.0:​ 0 8193150 snapshot 7:0 7:1 P 64|
 +\--------------------------------------------/​
 +                       
 +
 +</​code>​

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