Re: [uml-user] SBUML status with SKAS

[Gordon R. <drg...@gm...>]

> > Is anyone still involved with sbuml?
> > SBUML is one technique for saving and restoring running UML processes.
> Can you describe for me the case where this is a useful feature?
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For me I am researching virtual processor farms as a replacement for fixed
beuwolf clusters, where nodes can migrate around a larger and less formally
structured set of machines (GRID technology at the machine level).
I am also interested in looking at high-reliability servers for
running network services, and in rollback technology for linux. Fast
UML transition
from "not running" to "ready for work" would be good for some tasks too.
Checkpointing and migration of UML instances are of particular
interest to me here.

I also run linuxzoo.net, where student get their own UML image to play
with. Rather
than shutting down and booting up their individual machines, I could simply=
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suspend them for reload later. But there are many uses for hybernation
mechanisms.
Have a look at the presentation that the sbuml author produced to get a few=
 more
applications of this technology.