Request options:
-**[--memory** *mem* **]**
-**[--disk** *disk* **]**
**[--disk-template** *template* **]**
-**[--vcpus** *vcpus* **]**
-**[--tiered-alloc** *spec* **]**
+
+**[--standard-alloc** *disk,ram,cpu* **]**
+
+**[--tiered-alloc** *disk,ram,cpu* **]**
Output options:
DESCRIPTION
-----------
-
hspace computes how many additional instances can be fit on a cluster,
while maintaining N+1 status.
output the additional information on stderr (such that the stdout is
still parseable).
+By default, the instance specifications will be read from the cluster;
+the options ``--standard-alloc`` and ``--tiered-alloc`` can be used to
+override them.
+
The following keys are available in the machine-readable output of the
script (all prefixed with *HTS_*):
Like the above but for disk.
TSPEC
- If the tiered allocation mode has been enabled, this parameter holds
- the pairs of specifications and counts of instances that can be
- created in this mode. The value of the key is a space-separated list
- of values; each value is of the form *memory,disk,vcpu=count* where
- the memory, disk and vcpu are the values for the current spec, and
- count is how many instances of this spec can be created. A complete
- value for this variable could be: **4096,102400,2=225
- 2560,102400,2=20 512,102400,2=21**.
+ This parameter holds the pairs of specifications and counts of
+ instances that can be created in the *tiered allocation* mode. The
+ value of the key is a space-separated list of values; each value is of
+ the form *memory,disk,vcpu=count* where the memory, disk and vcpu are
+ the values for the current spec, and count is how many instances of
+ this spec can be created. A complete value for this variable could be:
+ **4096,102400,2=225 2560,102400,2=20 512,102400,2=21**.
KM_USED_CPU, KM_USED_NPU, KM_USED_MEM, KM_USED_DSK
These represents the metrics of used resources at the start of the
that the computation failed and any values present should not be
relied upon.
-If the tiered allocation mode is enabled, then many of the INI_/FIN_
-metrics will be also displayed with a TRL_ prefix, and denote the
-cluster status at the end of the tiered allocation run.
+Many of the INI_/FIN_ metrics will be also displayed with a TRL_ prefix,
+and denote the cluster status at the end of the tiered allocation run.
The human output format should be self-explanatory, so it is not
described further.
The options that can be passed to the program are as follows:
---memory *mem*
- The memory size of the instances to be placed (defaults to
- 4GiB). Units can be used (see below for more details).
-
---disk *disk*
- The disk size of the instances to be placed (defaults to
- 100GiB). Units can be used.
-
--disk-template *template*
- The disk template for the instance; one of the Ganeti disk templates
- (e.g. plain, drbd, so on) should be passed in.
-
---vcpus *vcpus*
- The number of VCPUs of the instances to be placed (defaults to 1).
+ Overrides the disk template for the instance read from the cluster;
+ one of the Ganeti disk templates (e.g. plain, drbd, so on) should be
+ passed in.
--max-cpu=*cpu-ratio*
The maximum virtual to physical cpu ratio, as a floating point number
number. For example, specifying *disk-ratio* as **0.25** means that
at least one quarter of disk space should be left free on nodes.
+-l *rounds*, --max-length=*rounds*
+ Restrict the number of instance allocations to this length. This is
+ not very useful in practice, but can be used for testing hspace
+ itself, or to limit the runtime for very big clusters.
+
-p, --print-nodes
Prints the before and after node status, in a format designed to allow
the user to understand the node's most important parameters. See the
are reported by RAPI as such, or that have "?" in file-based input
in any numeric fields.
--t *datafile*, --text-data=*datafile*
- The name of the file holding node and instance information (if not
- collecting via RAPI or LUXI). This or one of the other backends must
- be selected.
-
-S *filename*, --save-cluster=*filename*
If given, the state of the cluster at the end of the allocation is
saved to a file named *filename.alloc*, and if tiered allocation is
enabled, the state after tiered allocation will be saved to
*filename.tiered*. This allows re-feeding the cluster state to
either hspace itself (with different parameters) or for example
- hbal.
+ hbal, via the ``-t`` option.
+
+-t *datafile*, --text-data=*datafile*
+ Backend specification: the name of the file holding node and instance
+ information (if not collecting via RAPI or LUXI). This or one of the
+ other backends must be selected. The option is described in the man
+ page **htools**(1).
-m *cluster*
- Collect data directly from the *cluster* given as an argument via
- RAPI. If the argument doesn't contain a colon (:), then it is
- converted into a fully-built URL via prepending ``https://`` and
- appending the default RAPI port, otherwise it's considered a
- fully-specified URL and is used as-is.
+ Backend specification: collect data directly from the *cluster* given
+ as an argument via RAPI. The option is described in the man page
+ **htools**(1).
-L [*path*]
- Collect data directly from the master daemon, which is to be
- contacted via the luxi (an internal Ganeti protocol). An optional
- *path* argument is interpreted as the path to the unix socket on
- which the master daemon listens; otherwise, the default path used by
- ganeti when installed with *--localstatedir=/var* is used.
+ Backend specification: collect data directly from the master daemon,
+ which is to be contacted via LUXI (an internal Ganeti protocol). The
+ option is described in the man page **htools**(1).
--simulate *description*
- Instead of using actual data, build an empty cluster given a node
- description. The *description* parameter must be a comma-separated
- list of five elements, describing in order:
-
- - the allocation policy for this node group
- - the number of nodes in the cluster
- - the disk size of the nodes (default in mebibytes, units can be used)
- - the memory size of the nodes (default in mebibytes, units can be used)
- - the cpu core count for the nodes
-
- An example description would be **preferred,B20,100G,16g,4**
- describing a 20-node cluster where each node has 100GB of disk
- space, 16GiB of memory and 4 CPU cores. Note that all nodes must
- have the same specs currently.
-
- This option can be given multiple times, and each new use defines a
- new node group. Hence different node groups can have different
- allocation policies and node count/specifications.
-
---tiered-alloc *spec*
- Besides the standard, fixed-size allocation, also do a tiered
- allocation scheme where the algorithm starts from the given
- specification and allocates until there is no more space; then it
- decreases the specification and tries the allocation again. The
- decrease is done on the matric that last failed during
- allocation. The specification given is similar to the *--simulate*
- option and it holds:
+ Backend specification: similar to the **-t** option, this allows
+ overriding the cluster data with a simulated cluster. For details
+ about the description, see the man page **htools**(1).
+
+--standard-alloc *disk,ram,cpu*
+ This option overrides the instance size read from the cluster for the
+ *standard* allocation mode, where we simply allocate instances of the
+ same, fixed size until the cluster runs out of space.
+
+ The specification given is similar to the *--simulate* option and it
+ holds:
- the disk size of the instance (units can be used)
- the memory size of the instance (units can be used)
- the vcpu count for the insance
- An example description would be *100G,4g,2* describing an initial
- starting specification of 100GB of disk space, 4GiB of memory and 2
- VCPUs.
+ An example description would be *100G,4g,2* describing an instance
+ specification of 100GB of disk space, 4GiB of memory and 2 VCPUs.
+
+--tiered-alloc *disk,ram,cpu*
+ This option overrides the instance size for the *tiered* allocation
+ mode. In this mode, the algorithm starts from the given specification
+ and allocates until there is no more space; then it decreases the
+ specification and tries the allocation again. The decrease is done on
+ the metric that last failed during allocation. The argument should
+ have the same format as for ``--standard-alloc``.
Also note that the normal allocation and the tiered allocation are
independent, and both start from the initial cluster state; as such,
the instance count for these two modes are not related one to
another.
---machines-readable[=*choice*]
+--machine-readable[=*choice*]
By default, the output of the program is in "human-readable" format,
i.e. text descriptions. By passing this flag you can either enable
(``--machine-readable`` or ``--machine-readable=yes``) or explicitly
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