A kind of virtualization system based on InfiniBand system for cloud computing
Technical field
The present invention relates to computer realm, in particular, relate to a kind of virtualization system based on InfiniBand system for cloud computing.
Background technology
Virtual is the term of a broad sense, typically refers to computing element and run on virtual basis instead of on real basis in computer.Virtual is that physical resource is changed into the resource that can manage in logic, and to break the barrier between physical structure, expand the capacity of hardware, what simplify software reconfigures process.Computer virtualized is a kind of software engineering of forward position, and it changes just rapidly the looks of IT, and fundamentally changes the account form of people.Nowadays, " Fat Client " that the general using function of personal computer is complete, but from the angle that computer is overall, the x86 computer hardware with powerful disposal ability has only run single operating and certain applications program, this makes most computers resource be underutilized, and computer average resource is about 15%.
Since the 90's of 20th century, due to the decline of hardware device cost, the factor such as hardware resource utilization is not enough, soaring, the system safety problem of management cost, Intel Virtualization Technology has become cutting edge technology at present.Utilize server virtualization technology, can run multiple virtual machine in a physical machine, be thus able to share the resource of this computer between multiple environment, average resource rises to more than 70%, can raising efficiency significantly.Different virtual machines can run different operating system and multiple application program in same physical machine, and application program can be run and be independent of each other in separate space, thus significantly improves the operating efficiency of computer.On the basis of server virtualization, combine with Telnet technology, develop into and support multi-user, random time, anywhere, the addressable desktop virtual technology of any equipment, desktop virtual is the technology of current most application prospect.
Generally speaking, Intel Virtualization Technology possesses many advantages:
1) use Intel Virtualization Technology to give several virtualized servers by the Resourse Distribute of script one station server, effectively make use of slack resources, guarantee that enterprise application has given play to the highest availability and performance.Terminal equipment can use thin client, obtains the Consumer's Experience the same with conventional P C;
2) be completely isolated between virtual machine, just as they are different physical computer, in availability and fail safe, the application program run in virtual environment is much better than the application program run in traditional non-virtualized system, and topmost reason is isolation;
3) virtual server carries out work independent of hardware, business continuance is improve by improving disaster recovery solution, can recover within the shortest time when a virtual server breaks down and not affect the running of whole cluster, realizing high availability in whole data center;
4) reduce lower deployment cost, only need less server just can realize the thing needing more multiserver just can accomplish, also indirectly reduce the otherwise costs such as safety.Also energy consumption can be reduced, energy-saving and emission-reduction simultaneously;
5) all virtual servers are all mutually compatible with normal x86 system, improve the mode of desktop management, can dispose the system that many covers are different, reduce compatible problem;
6) improve server/keeper's ratio, keeper can manage easily than more server in the past and can not cause larger burden.
Under the basic framework of server virtualization, virtualization system can pass through virtual machine manager VMM(Virtual Machine Monitor) manage, VMM in bottom layer realization to the management of the virtual machine on it and support.Now many hardware, the CPU of such as Intel has done hardware supports to Intel Virtualization Technology, and most of VMM just can directly be contained on bare machine, refills the performance that several virtual machine just can carry out under virtualized environment thereon and experiences.
When carrying out large-scale virtual erecting, needing the hardware resource integrating flood tide, based on the basic framework of server virtualization, by the physical resource of interconnected integration multiple stage computer, building physics resource pool.Cloud computing is a kind of calculating new paragon based on the Internet, provides the calculating of namely getting as required by isomery on the Internet, autonomous service for individual and enterprise customer.Cloud computing provides the most reliable, safest data storage center, and user need not the trouble such as concern of data loss, poisoning intrusion again; Reduce the requirement of user side simultaneously, ustomer premises access equipment is simplified greatly; The autgmentability of cloud computing is strong, can support the computer physics hardware of vast capacity.Therefore cloud computing is well suited for the hardware resource pool building virtualization system.
Along with the development of high-performance calculation machine technology, the performance of the server in system for cloud computing obtains tremendous increase, and the communication bandwidth between each server and communication delay become the key factor of restriction system for cloud computing bandwidth resources.Because defects such as the I/O bottleneck that ethernet technology exists, low bandwidth utilization, high-transmission postpone, higher cpu resource consumption, complicated ICP/IP protocol, constrain the overall performance of system for cloud computing, the new technology taking higher rate, low delay, low CPU communication to consume is necessary.
Virtual desktop architecture (Virtual Desktop Infrastructure, VDI) be the product that server virtualization combines with Telnet technology, the target of desktop virtual be realize multi-user, random time, anywhere, arbitrary equipment may have access to virtual desktop, the hardware of great minimizing subscriber equipment, supports that the access of the Remote Dynamic of enterprise-level desktop system unifies trustship with data center.Relative to the browser of current static data service, desktop virtual can provide to Remote Dynamic all functions of conventional P C.Desktop virtual provides the liberalization degree of each virtual machine to greatest extent, mutually isolated between virtual machine, reduce virtual system mirror image as far as possible, realize operating system and the separate of virtual desktop, while guarantee user individual, reduce the maintenance cost of operating system.
Current in desktop virtual field, mainly contain three manufacturers and maintain the leading position: Microsoft, Citrix and VMware.Microsoft is virtual is carry out server virtualization with Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V, in conjunction with RDP(Remote Desktop Protocol) agreement carries out virtual desktop access.Citrix virtual utilization XenServer carries out server virtualization, uses more efficient ICA(Independent Computing Architecture) agreement carries out virtual desktop access.VMware is virtual, uses VMware Sphere to carry out server virtualization, uses RDP(Remote Desktop Protocol) agreement carries out virtual desktop access.
Desktop virtual possesses fine application prospect, but also there is potential problem:
1) Intel Virtualization Technology needs to keep server to be connected with client network, and in enterprise-level application, client computer may still need at local installing operating system, and when carrying out Deterministic service device down machine, client computer still can use.Thin client does not possess all required hardware of PC local boot, and departing from server cannot operate;
2) when multiple virtual machine user logs in simultaneously, virtualization system is faced with the problems such as CPU memory source is not enough, and multi-user is when carrying out storage operation simultaneously, the problems such as the network congestion that may cause.
Summary of the invention
In order to overcome the problems referred to above, the present invention proposes a kind of virtualization system based on InfiniBand system for cloud computing, it uses InfiniBand technology to set up system for cloud computing, provides virtualization system hardware resource pool.
The present invention proposes a kind of virtualization system based on InfiniBand system for cloud computing, based on the basic framework of server virtualization, system for cloud computing is used to expand physical hardware, and adopt the networking of InfiniBand technology, described virtualization system comprises client computer and infiniBand system for cloud computing, described client computer is connected to infiniBand system for cloud computing by Ethernet, described infiniBand system for cloud computing comprises the file server connected by infiniBand, bridge service device, storage server and administration monitor, described administration monitor uses the hardware resource of Virtual Machine Manager management system for cloud computing, multiple virtual machine is installed to form virtual machine layer based on described hardware resource, mutually isolated between each virtual machine, described file server is used for storage operation system file and user profile, the virtual machine that configuration is personalized when user logs in personal virtual machine, described bridge service device carries out protocol conversion, by InfiniBand system for cloud computing and external ethernet interconnected, realize overlength distance virtual desktop log in.
Further, described InfiniBand system for cloud computing also carries out data center's expansion by connecting long-distance transmissions switch.
Further, client computer is the thin client only retaining input and output network savvy.
Further, client computer is wireless router or panel computer.
The present invention uses InfiniBand technology to set up system for cloud computing, provides the physical resource pond of virtualization system, utilizes the feature of the Dynamic Resource Allocation for Multimedia of system for cloud computing, improves the resource utilization of virtualization system.System for cloud computing based on the establishment of InfiniBand technology can overcome the defect such as I/O bottleneck, low bandwidth utilization, high-transmission delay, higher cpu resource consumption, complicated ICP/IP protocol of Ethernet, realize high-throughput, high-velocity cloud computing network that low delay, low cpu resource take, optimize the performance of system for cloud computing, improve the utilance of resource further.Specifically, its Advantages found exists:
1) hardware superiority: utilize the advantages such as the high bandwidth of InfiniBand, low delay and low CPU take, support the data, services of more high flow capacity, high-performance computer can be used as the node of system for cloud computing, development hardware total resources;
2) framework advantage: the redundancy strategy supporting virtual platform, in system for cloud computing during part of nodes fault, still can continue to provide virtual desktop serve, keeps the continuity of service.After monitoring fault, on-line maintenance can be carried out;
3) isolation is with personalized: isolate between virtual machine, application program is separated with operating system, operating system centralized maintenance, and user can the application program of customized personal and data, services, and lifting Consumer's Experience, reduces maintenance cost simultaneously;
4) fail safe and benefit: system for cloud computing provides high performance Computer Service, provides data processing at a high speed, concentrates the data storage service of redundancy, can guarantee data security, reduce hardware cost, management cost and energy consumption simultaneously.
This technology can be widely used in the fields such as middle-size and small-size office system, video monitoring system, intelligent control system, multimedia Internet of Things.
Accompanying drawing explanation
Fig. 1 is the framework of server virtualization of the present invention.
Fig. 2 is the virtualization system based on InfiniBand system for cloud computing.
Embodiment
Be described principle of the present invention and feature below in conjunction with accompanying drawing, example, only for explaining the present invention, is not intended to limit scope of the present invention.
The framework of server virtualization of the present invention as shown in Figure 1, comprises ancillary equipment, interface layer, virtual machine layer, management level and physical hardware resources layer.Described physical hardware resources layer is made up of CPU, internal memory, hard disk etc., and the virtual machine manager VMM(Virtual Machine Monitor in use management layer) manage above-mentioned physical hardware resources, multiple virtual machine is installed on this to form virtual machine layer, mutually isolated between each virtual machine, each virtual machine possesses the repertoire of conventional P C, and the ancillary equipment of user is by interface layer accesses virtual machine thus use the hardware resource that provides of server.The total amount of physical hardware resources determines quantity and the performance of virtual machine.
Recommend being configured to of virtual machine: each virtual machine configures the resource of the network bandwidth of 1 virtual cpu, 2G internal memory, 100G hard disk, 100Mbps.For single cover STD-YQ-H2000 storage server and STD-YQ-B2000 memory cell, its hardware resource is in table 1.Associative list 1 is known, and single cover server can support the virtual machine of about 20 recommended configuration.If set up small-sized virtualization system, a server can complete virtualized basic framework.
Table 1
Classification |
Storage server+memory cell |
CPU |
2 six core 2.4GHz |
Internal memory |
48G |
Maximum disk capacity |
480T |
Network interface |
1 40Gbps IB interface, 2 ten thousand mbit ethernet mouths |
Read or write speed |
3GB/s |
Postpone |
<100ns |
When setting up the server of support 200 virtual machines, amount to the resource of needs 200 virtual cpus, 200G internal memory, 20000G hard disk, the 20000Mbps network bandwidth, obviously an independent server is difficult to provide so a large amount of hardware resources, now use cloud computing technology is connected and overlap server hardware device more, the hardware resource of multiple server is integrated into a total resource pool, the erection of a large-scale virtual group of planes can be completed.And then server virtual is turned to multiple virtual machine, after user uses client logon, the individual cultivation of load operation system, user and application program in single virtual machine, user can use virtualized desktop system at far-end.
The operating system of virtual machine, users' personal allocation and application program have independently memory space, do not take the disk resource of virtual machine.Virtual machine manager is responsible for the scheduling of system file when virtual machine logs in, and possesses following advantage: 1) use as far as possible few operating system mirror image, saves disk space; 2) operating system, user configuration information and application program are isolated, and realize the personalization of user; 3) separation of each several part logic, the maintenance work of convenient service device.
InfiniBand technology is a kind of Convertion cable technology supporting how concurrent link, can disk array, SANs, LANs, server and cluster server be carried out interconnected, also can connect external network (such as WAN, VPN, the Internet), the transmission of high bandwidth, low delay is provided in relatively short distance.InfiniBand technology possesses following characteristics:
1) high bandwidth, low delay: InfiniBand network theory bandwidth can reach 120GB/s, the unidirectional bandwidth of single port of current conventional QDR establishing is 40GB/s, postpones to be less than 200ns;
2) support that remote memory is directly accessed (RDMA, Remote Direct Memory Access): RDMA technology effectively can reduce the link of transfer of data, reduce the occupancy of CPU;
3) set expandability is good: can easily realize completely without the Infiniband network of congested tens thousand of end equipment;
4) client layer I/O accesses: make user data can bypass core, realizes zero-copy transmission;
5) support SRP, iSER storage protocol, be suitable for building of storage networking;
6) multiple transmission service is supported, multi-level QOS service guarantee;
Therefore, will will adopt InfiniBand in system for cloud computing in this application thus set up high-performance cloud computing network.
Based on InfiniBand system for cloud computing virtualization system as shown in Figure 2, comprise client computer and infiniBand system for cloud computing, client computer is connected to infiniBand system for cloud computing by Ethernet, and infiniBand system for cloud computing comprises the file server, bridge service device, storage server and the administration monitor that are connected by infiniBand.This virtualization system is based on the basic framework of server virtualization, system for cloud computing is used to expand physical hardware, storage server node in system for cloud computing is made up of high-performance computer, a large amount of physical hardware resources can be provided, and adopt the networking of InfiniBand technology, it can provide the higher network bandwidth and lower network delay, adapts to the development trend of system for cloud computing.
Client computer can be the equipment of various networking, and as wireless router, panel computer etc., because server provides most virtualization services, client computer can be the thin client only retaining input and output network savvy.Administration monitor uses the hardware resource of Virtual Machine Manager management system for cloud computing, installs multiple virtual machine to form virtual machine layer based on described hardware resource, mutually isolated between each virtual machine; File server is used for storage operation system file and user profile, the virtual machine that configuration is personalized when user logs in personal virtual machine; Bridge service device carries out protocol conversion, by InfiniBand system for cloud computing and external ethernet interconnected, realize overlength distance virtual desktop log in.Meanwhile, InfiniBand system for cloud computing can also carry out data center's expansion by long-distance transmissions switch, thus computer integrated different for various hardware configuration is entered system for cloud computing.If be configured in the hardware resource pool of vast capacity in infiniBand system for cloud computing, ultra-large virtual machine will be supported.
The foregoing is only preferred embodiment of the present invention, not in order to limit the present invention, within the spirit and principles in the present invention all, any amendment done, equivalent replacement, improvement etc., all should be included within protection scope of the present invention.