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Step 1: Prepare for Your Deployment
Applies To: Microsoft HPC Pack 2012, Microsoft HPC Pack 2012 R2
The first step in the deployment of your HPC cluster is to make important decisions, such as deciding how you will be adding nodes to your cluster, and choosing a network topology for your cluster. The following checklist describes the steps involved in preparing for your deployment.
Checklist: Prepare for your deployment
1.1. Review the system requirements
Review the system requirements to ensure that you have all the necessary hardware and software components to deploy an HPC cluster.
1.2. Decide if you want to configure your head node for high availability
Decide if you will need to configure the head node for high availability to enable the cluster to continue running jobs during planned and unplanned downtime.
1.3. Decide if you want to deploy your cluster with remote databases
Decide if you want to install the HPC databases on one or more remote servers, instead of installing them on the head node of your cluster.
1.4. Decide what type of nodes you want to add to your cluster and how many
Decide if you want to add compute nodes, broker nodes, workstation or unmanaged server nodes, or Windows Azure nodes to your cluster. Also, decide how many nodes to add.
1.5. Decide how to add on-premises nodes to your cluster
If you will be adding on-premises nodes to your cluster, decide if you will be adding node from bare metal, from preconfigured nodes, or from an XML file. Decide also if you want to deploy nodes over Internet SCSI (iSCSI).
1.6. Choose the Active Directory domain for your cluster
Choose the Active Directory domain to which you will join the head node and the other nodes of your HPC cluster.
1.7. Choose a domain account for adding nodes
Choose an existing domain account with enough privileges to add on-premises nodes to the cluster.
1.8. Choose a network topology for your cluster
Choose how the nodes in your cluster will be connected and how the cluster will be connected to your enterprise network.
1.9. Prepare for multicast (optional)
If you will be deploying nodes from bare metal and want to multicast the operating system image that you will be using during deployment, configure your network switches appropriately.
1.10. Prepare for the integration of scripted power control tools (optional)
If you want to use your own power controls tools to start, shut down, and reboot nodes remotely, obtain and test all the necessary components of your power control tools.
1.1. Review the system requirements
If you have not done so already, review the hardware, software, and related requirements to run HPC Pack at System Requirements for Microsoft HPC Pack 2012 R2 and HPC Pack 2012. Note that HPC Pack has different requirements for different node roles and deployment options. You might want to review the system requirements again, after you have finalized the decisions for your deployment.
1.2. Decide if you want to configure your head node for high availability
If you will need to continue running HPC jobs during a planned or unplanned disruption in services on a head node computer, you can plan to configure the head node for high availability in the context of a Windows Server failover cluster. To do this, you will need to install HPC Pack on two or more head node computers that are configured in a failover cluster, with appropriate hardware, cluster storage, and highly available file services. You can also configure a multisite cluster that can be used for disaster recovery if an interruption occurs at the primary cluster site. Configuring the head node for high availability will require additional planning, hardware, server software, and configuration steps that are beyond the scope of this guide. For general considerations, see 2.3. Configure a Windows Server failover cluster to enable high availability of the head node (optional), later in this guide.
You can install HPC Pack 2012 R2 or HPC Pack 2012 on up to 64 head nodes in a single cluster.
You can also configure WCF broker nodes in one or more failover clusters to provide high availability of service-oriented architecture (SOA) applications on the cluster.
If you are planning to configure cluster nodes for high availability, ensure that you plan and prepare the necessary Windows Server 2012 R2 or Windows Server 2012 failover cluster before you install HPC Pack.
1.3. Decide if you want to deploy your cluster with remote databases
HPC Pack 2012 R2 or HPC Pack 2012 requires and supports Microsoft SQL Server 2012 or Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2. HPC Pack uses five different SQL Server databases to store cluster management, job scheduling, reporting, diagnostics, and monitoring data. You can install one or more of these five HPC databases on one or more remote servers, instead of installing them on the head node of your cluster. By default, HPC Pack installs SQL Server Express 2012 on the head node and creates the HPC databases on the head node. The advantage of installing the HPC databases on one or more remote servers is that it saves resources on the head node, helping ensure that it can efficiently manage the cluster.
Use of SQL Server 2012 Express on the head node is recommended for proof-of-concept or development clusters, and for smaller production clusters. You should consider installing the HPC databases on one or more remote servers if your cluster will have more than 256 nodes, you plan to configure the head node for high availability in the context of a failover cluster, or your job throughput and reporting requirements could exceed the capabilities of SQL Server 2012 Express.
To install the HPC databases on a remote server, that server must be running the Standard or Enterprise edition of SQL Server 2008 R2 or SQL Server 2012, and configured to work with HPC Pack. Before you install HPC Pack with remote databases, ask the database administrator to run the SetupHpcDatabase.cmd script in the Setup folder or to manually perform or modify the tasks in the script. The script automatically creates the necessary databases and the SQL instance logins and database users for the account that will install HPC Pack and for the machine account for HPC services. For detailed information, see Deploying a Windows HPC Cluster with Remote Databases Step-by-Step Guide.
1.4. Decide what type of nodes you want to add to your cluster and how many
You can add the following types of nodes to your cluster:
Compute nodes. Compute nodes are used for running jobs. This type of node cannot become a different type of node (that is, change roles) without being redeployed.
Broker nodes. Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) broker nodes are used for routing WCF calls from the Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) clients to the SOA services running on nodes in your cluster. This type of node can change roles to become a compute node without being redeployed.
Workstation nodes and unmanaged server nodes. Workstation nodes and unmanaged server nodes are computers in your organization that can also run jobs, but they are not dedicated cluster resources. They can be scheduled to become available to run jobs at specific times, or can be made available on demand. This type of node cannot change roles.
Windows Azure nodes. If you have a Windows Azure subscription, you can add Windows Azure nodes on demand to increase your cluster capacity when you need it. Like compute nodes, workstation nodes, and unmanaged server nodes, Windows Azure nodes can run jobs. When you add Windows Azure nodes, you also configure a fixed or variable number of proxy nodes in your Windows Azure deployment to facilitate communication between the on-premises head node and the Windows Azure nodes.
For more information about node roles in a Windows HPC cluster, see Understanding Node Roles in Microsoft HPC Pack.
When HPC Pack is installed, depending on the type of node that is being created, different features are installed. These features determine the role that the node will perform in the cluster. In some cases, a node is able to change roles because it has the necessary features to perform a different role. The ability to change roles is an important aspect that you need to consider when deciding the type of nodes that you want to add to your cluster.
Another important decision that you have to make is the number of nodes that you want to add. If you are adding broker nodes, you also need to decide how many compute nodes you will add for each broker node that is available on the cluster. The ratio of broker nodes to compute nodes can affect cluster performance. If you plan to add Windows Azure nodes, you should consider the number of proxy nodes that is optimal for the number of nodes deployed in Windows Azure and the jobs that will run on those nodes. The proxy nodes are required for communication with the on-premises head node and can be a bottleneck for certain cluster sizes and workloads.
Finally, if you want to configure the head node or a broker node in a failover cluster, you will need one additional computer for each failover cluster node that you configure, which might reduce the number of compute nodes that you can add to your cluster.
1.5. Decide how to add on-premises nodes to your cluster
There are three ways to add on-premises nodes to your HPC cluster:
Deploy nodes from bare metal. The operating system and all the necessary HPC cluster features are automatically installed on each node as it is added to the cluster. No manual installation of the operating system or other software is required. Bare metal deployment is only possible for compute nodes and broker nodes.
Add preconfigured nodes. The nodes are already running one of the supported operating systems, and HPC Pack is first manually installed on each node. This is the only way to add workstation nodes and unmanaged server nodes to your cluster. You can also add preconfigured compute nodes and broker nodes.
Import a node XML file. A node XML file contains a list of all the nodes that will be added to the cluster. This XML file can be used to add preconfigured nodes or to deploy nodes from bare metal. For more information about node XML files, see Appendix 2: Creating a Node XML File, later in this guide
The following are considerations when choosing how to add nodes to your HPC cluster:
When deploying nodes from bare metal, HPC Pack automatically generates computer names for your nodes. During the configuration process for the head node of the cluster, you will be required to specify the naming convention to use when automatically generating computer names for the new nodes.
Nodes are assigned their computer name in the order that they are deployed.
If you want to add nodes from bare metal and assign computer names in a different way, you can use a node XML file. For more information about node XML files, see Appendix 2: Creating a Node XML File in the Design and Deployment Guide.
Deploy on-premises nodes over iSCSI
You can centralize the storage of your HPC cluster by using a network-attached storage array. A networked-attached storage array is a computer, storage system, or appliance that provides storage resources over a network connection.
By using a storage array, the nodes in your cluster will not require a local hard disk drive to serve as a system disk, and instead use the storage resources on the storage array to boot the operating system over the network, using an iSCSI connection.
Nodes that are deployed over iSCSI are deployed from bare metal.
To deploy nodes over iSCSI in a cluster that is running HPC Pack 2012, ensure that the cluster is updated with at least Service Pack 1.
To have an iSCSI deployment, you will need the following:
One or more network-attached storage arrays.
A network connection between the nodes in your cluster and the storage arrays.
An iSCSI provider for the storage arrays, installed on the head node. An iSCSI provider that is compatible with HPC Pack is available from the Microsoft Download Center.
For detailed information about iSCSI deployment and step-by-step procedures for deploying iSCSI boot nodes, see the content on deploying iSCSI boot nodes in a Windows HPC cluster.
1.6. Choose the Active Directory domain for your cluster
The nodes in your HPC cluster must be members of an Active Directory domain. Before deploying your cluster, you must choose the Active Directory domain that you will use for your HPC cluster.
Depending on the Active Directory environment in your organization, it may be helpful to configure a separate organizational unit (OU) for the computers that will be members of the HPC cluster. With a separate OU, if necessary, different policies and settings can be applied to the cluster nodes than to the other computers in your organization.
If you do not have an Active Directory domain to which you can join your cluster, or if you prefer not to join an existing domain, you can install the Active Directory Domain Services role on a computer that is running Windows Server 2012 R2 or Windows Server 2012, and then configure a domain controller on that computer. For more information about installing the Active Directory Domain Services role, see Deploying Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) in Your Enterprise.
The following are additional considerations about the Active Directory domain for your cluster:
Because of potential administrative difficulties and to ensure cluster performance, we do not recommend using the head node as a domain controller unless isolation is required (for example, for test purposes) or no other option exists.
If you choose to install and configure an Active Directory domain controller on the head node, consult with your network administrator about the correct way to isolate the new Active Directory domain from the enterprise network, or how to join the new domain to an existing Active Directory forest.
If you plan to add workstation nodes or unmanaged server nodes to the HPC cluster, those computers can be joined to any Active Directory domain that has an established trust relationship with the domain to which the head node is joined.
1.7. Choose a domain account for adding nodes
To install HPC Pack on the head node, you must be logged on with a domain user account that is a member of the Administrators group on the head node computer. Additionally, during the configuration process of your HPC head node after the installation of HPC Pack, you must provide credentials for a domain user account that will be used for adding on-premises nodes and for system configuration of those nodes. You must choose an existing account or create a new account before starting your cluster deployment.
The following is a list of details to take into consideration when choosing the user account for adding nodes:
The user account that you choose must be a domain account with enough privileges to create Active Directory computer accounts for the nodes and to join the nodes to the domain.
If the policies of your organization restrict you from using a domain account that can add new computers to the domain, you will need to ask your domain administrator to pre-create the computer objects for you in Active Directory Domain Services before you deploy your nodes. For more information, see Deploy Nodes with Pre-created Computer Objects in Active Directory.
If part of your deployment requires access to resources on the enterprise network, the user account must have the necessary permissions to access those resources—for example, installation files that are available on a network server.
If you want to restart nodes remotely by using HPC Cluster Manager, the account must be a member of the local Administrators group on the head node. This requirement is only necessary if you do not have scripted power control tools that you can use to remotely restart the nodes.
1.8. Choose a network topology for your cluster
HPC Pack supports five cluster topologies. These topologies are distinguished by how the nodes in the cluster are connected to each other and to the enterprise network. The five supported cluster topologies are:
Topology 1: Compute nodes isolated on a private network
Topology 2: All nodes on enterprise and private networks
Topology 3: Compute nodes isolated on private and application networks
Topology 4: All nodes on enterprise, private, and application networks
Topology 5: All nodes on an enterprise network
For more information about each network topology and each HPC cluster network, see Appendix 1: HPC Cluster Networking, later in this guide.
When you are choosing a network topology, you must take into consideration your existing network infrastructure and the type of nodes that you will be adding to your cluster:
Decide which network in the topology that you have chosen will serve as the enterprise network, the private network, and the application network.
Do not have the network adapter that is connected to the enterprise network on the head node in automatic configuration (that is, the IP address for that adapter does not start with: 169.254). That adapter must have a valid IP address, dynamically or manually assigned (static).
If you choose a topology that includes a private network, and you are planning to add nodes to your cluster from bare metal, do the following:
Ensure that there are no Pre-Boot Execution Environment (PXE) servers on the private network.
If you want to use an existing DHCP server for your private network, ensure that it is configured to recognize the head node as the PXE server in the network.
If you want to enable DHCP server on your head node for the private or application networks and there are other DHCP servers connected to those networks, you must disable those DHCP servers.
If you have an existing Domain Name System (DNS) server connected to the same network as the nodes in your cluster, no action is necessary, but the nodes will be automatically deregistered from that DNS server.
Contact your system administrator to determine if Internet Protocol security (IPsec) is enforced on your domain through Group Policy. If IPsec is enforced on your domain through Group Policy, you may experience issues during deployment. A workaround is to make your head node an IPsec boundary server so that the other nodes in your cluster can communicate with the head node during PXE boot.
If you want to add workstation nodes or unmanaged server nodes to your cluster, topology 5 (all nodes on an enterprise network) is the recommended topology, but other topologies are supported. If you want to add workstation nodes on other topologies, see the content on Adding Workstation Nodes to a Windows HPC cluster.
If you want to add broker nodes to your cluster, they must be connected to the network where the clients that are starting SOA sessions are connected (usually the enterprise network) and to the network where the nodes that are running the SOA services are connected (if different from the network where the clients are connected).
If you want to add Windows Azure nodes to your cluster, your HPC cluster can be configured in any cluster network topology that is supported by HPC Pack. The head node and any client computer that is used to manage the cluster and that needs a connection to Windows Azure must be able to connect over the Internet to Windows Azure services.
1.9. Prepare for multicast (optional)
If you will be deploying on-premises nodes from bare metal and want to multicast the operating system image that you will be using during deployment, we recommend that you prepare for multicast by:
Enabling Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP) snooping on your network switches, if this feature is available. This will help to reduce multicast traffic.
Disabling Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) on your network switches, if this feature is enabled.
For more information about these settings, contact your network administrator or your networking hardware vendor.
1.10. Prepare for the integration of scripted power control tools (optional)
The cluster administration console (HPC Cluster Manager) includes actions to start, shut down, and reboot nodes remotely. These actions are linked to a script file (CcpPower.cmd) that performs these power control operations by using operating system commands. You can replace the default operating system commands in that script file with your own power control scripts, such as Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) scripts provided by your vendor of cluster solutions.
In preparation for this integration, you must obtain all the necessary scripts, .dll files, and other components of your power control tools. After you have obtained all the necessary components, test them independently and ensure that they work as intended on the computers that you will be deploying as nodes in your cluster.
For information about modifying CcpPower.cmd to integrate your own scripted power control tools, see Appendix 5: Scripted Power Control Tools, later in this guide.


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What Richard III Can Teach Us Today
The world is grown so bad that wrens make prey where eagles dare not perch. Can Shakespeare's fallen tyrant help us set it to rights?
I like the idea of the hunchbacked Richard III, newly exhumed from his final resting spot beneath a parking lot in Leicester, England, visiting the Oval Office. You can imagine the late, unlamented English monarch exchanging pleasantries with U.S. President Barack Obama about horseback riding and complaining about what a pain it is to deal with the intolerable French. They might also exchange notes on the inevitable headaches of leadership — though, in Obama's case, he's not likely to take his skeet-shooting gun and parachute into Helmand province to battle the Taliban.
But the conversation could quickly take a more somber turn. If there is a lesson from the 1485 fall of Richard's House of York, it's that there are worse things than judicious appeasement.
In general, the Wars of the Roses — the 30-year civil war between Richard's Yorkist family and their Lancastrian cousins — continued a three-way policy dance that dated far back into the Hundred Years War. The Lancastrians often found support among the French; their bitter enemies, the Yorkists, found their friends among the powerful Dukes of Burgundy. In 1475, Edward IV, Richard's older brother, became the first solvent English king in decades by finally cutting a good deal with the French. In exchange for no longer pressing his dubious claim to be the legitimate king of France, the French gave him a cozy pension and lucrative trading benefits. Yes, Richard's very distant cousin Henry V had been more dashing in all his belligerence at Agincourt, but it had cost his realm dearly. Edward was learning that diplomatic success was easier and cheaper to achieve than military victory, and often had longer lasting results.
By the end of Edward's reign, however, that agreement between France and Yorkist England was starting to weaken. Edward's brother Richard III came to the throne determined to ignore it and to readopt a more swashbuckling attitude toward France. Huge mistake: France eagerly dumped money and resources into the invasion planned by Richard's Lancastrian enemy, Henry Tudor. (Henry had been living in exile first in Brittany and later in France itself.) If Richard had not antagonized the French, they almost certainly would not have supported Henry — whose claim to the succession was weak at best — and Richard might have escaped the double ignominy of death in battle and eventual burial under a parking lot, though perhaps he would not have been immortalized by history's greatest playwright.
In general, Richard III is less explicitly focused on foreign policy than Shakespeare's other early history plays. In terms of dramatic interest, murdering little princes and drowning people in malmsey butts trumps treaty negotiations and ambassadorial exchanges. But as Richard rallies his troops to fight Henry, he speaks disparagingly of the "overweening rags of France" who have accompanied Henry back to England. Discounting the significance of French support was a mistake. A fatal one.
Lessons for today? Richard's radically unstable England does not look much like a 21st-century democracy. It lacked the clear principles of succession and state monopolies on violence that characterize the United States and its Western European allies. But with its armed factions marauding over the country, 15th-century England does resemble some of the countries with which the American president has to deal. Shakespeare's hunchbacked monarch would not be the last world leader to muscle himself into power through murder and intimidation. Nor would he be the last to swashbuckle on the international front in a desperate effort to solidify support at home.
Although writing at a moment when dynastic ambition still dictated policy, Shakespeare intuited the intimate relationship between foreign and domestic affairs that later characterized the Westphalian state. What was true of the feudal past remains true of failed states that trouble the modern world. Countries without reliable successions and whose rulers fail to achieve a governing consensus pose a constant threat to their neighbors. From Mali to Eritrea to Syria, strongmen and would-be dictators are the first to disregard international agreements and rake up old quarrels in the vain hope of legitimizing their regimes.
Fortunately for England, Henry Tudor learned from his predecessors' mistakes. Although Henry VII's claim to the throne was even shakier than Richard's, he learned quickly that making peace with his neighbors was a better route to legitimacy than belligerence. The treaties he negotiated with France, Spain, and Scotland brought his realm a stability and prosperity that it had not known for two centuries.
Obama and his advisors should take note of how England's neighbors, France in particular, availed themselves of Richard's fall to settle years of border disputes and to integrate England into a more cooperative set of interstate relations. France even provided Henry a generous annual subsidy that helped him stabilize his realm. At least until the accession of Henry's foolhardy son Henry VIII two decades later, England and all its neighbors profited from his wise domestic governance. There is hope for failed states. They can be reclaimed and integrated within the community of nations. But world governments must recognize and support a potential leader, like Henry Tudor, who work with them to forge lasting, stabilizing agreements.
And what lessons does Richard III hold for the world's petty tyrants? Nothing is more tempting when you have trouble at home than shaking fists at your traditional enemy. That strategy rarely works and often even backfires. Damaging your credibility on the international front will only exacerbate your problems at home. It might even get you buried under a parking lot.


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Hi. I'm fairly advanced in terms of Linux knowledge, but my knowledge is very scarce when it comes down to HDDs, SSDs, partitions, cylinders, boundaries, and block sizes, etc, etc. Black magic. I want to buy a Lenovo ThinkPad T410s laptop with 128GB SSD drive, and its erase block size (I know it's very important for proper aligning and is drive-dependent) will propably by 128KB. - I've found it somewhere while googling, it is supposed to be "G1" Intel SSD drive, if You know what it means (I, for instance, don't and don't care, since I am not planning any SSD replacement after buying the laptop)
I've found some tutorials for aligning SSD in Linux, but none of them is really noob-friendly.
This one:
http://thunk.org/tytso/blog/2009/02/20/ … lock-size/
Uses LVM, something I know nothing of and therefore want to avoid.
This one seemed nice:
but at the end, it says:
And it's done. The next post will show how to install Ubuntu Jaunty using a customised mkfs.ext4 command.
and there is no blog post about that
And as a beginner in terms of SSD alignment I am asking You to help me by writing a noob-proof tutorial for aligning partitions and then tell me how can I install Ubuntu 10.04 on it. What is the Live CD's installer supposed to do, if all the aligning actions I want to take will be executed in CLI mode?
PS.: Please do not post me other tutorials, which seem barely helpful to me. I haven't yet found one which would be fully complete and exhaustive.
Thanks in advance!
Last edited by warnec (2010-06-14 19:19:14)
Hi there,
it's actually very straightforward. Just use fdisk and start it with -H(eads) and -S(ectors) parameters. The partitions will be automatically aligned on cylinder boundaries.
http://www.ocztechnologyforum.com/forum … post373226
I wouldn't be so sure, if the erase block size of the x25-m is 128k:
I think an alignment of 512kb is a safe choice, as described in my first link.
Great thanks for Your help. I've seen this topic on OCZ forums, but strangely didn't see that tutorial. I didn't read as far as 7 pages, propably.
(I know the first post aggregates all tutorials within that one topic, but didn't know how to jump to specific post number containing a desired tutorial)
Do you think it is possible to check if the erase block size is 512 or 128 KB when I buy the laptop and tear it apart to see the Intel's SSD?
And is this important? if 512/128 is 4, it shouldn't be a problem if I align the SSD to 512KB, right?
In this guide:
http://www.ocztechnologyforum.com/forum … post373226
when the guy checks if his partition his aligned, that's his output:
$ sudo fdisk -lu /dev/sda
Disk /dev/sda: 8237 MB, 8237408256 bytes
32 heads, 32 sectors/track, 15711 cylinders, total 16088688 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x8cb3d286
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 1024 16088063 8043520 83 Linux
and judging from this post:
Shouldn't it be so that both Start and End boundaries are divisible by the erase block size?
number of sectors*sector size/erase block size*1024= integer ?
for Start, assuming erase block size is 512KB, it is true:
but for End, it is:
(16088063*512)/(512*1024)=15 710.999!!
strangely though, whole block number seems to be aligned:
(8043520*512)/(512*1024) =7 855
Last edited by warnec (2010-06-13 14:36:02)
I believe i've seen that calculation on a microsoft page once. That you get integer values for start size and block amount only means that the author did it right. The end can be off as that only affects the last few kbs of a partition. What's important is that the start sector for each partition is correct.
There's no need for those calculations if you partition with CHS format.
The start sector will be automatically set to the correct value and the sectors will end at cylinder boundaries of a size specified by you.
The only thing important here is that the amount of sectors per cylinder is divisible by 8 so that it fits the page size (smallest amount of changeable information on flash memory) of the typical SSD (which is 4096bytes (=8*512)). If the cylinders aren't 4k aligned the SSD will need to perform two read/write/modify actions for a simple 4k write.
I guess the same principle applies to erase operations, just on a larger scale.
Just make sure to start partition 1 on cylinder 2 and skip one cylinder if you create an extended partition (eg if the extended partition starts at cylinder 12290, start the first logical partition at cylinder 12291). Of course you can also go into expert mode and just adjust the start sector if you don't want to miss a cylinder.
Last edited by demian (2010-06-14 23:30:00)
Fine, so I'll just follow the step-by-step guide found on OCZ forums. Would that be OK if I made only 1 ~128GB partition for my whole / on cylinder 2, and that's it?
Or do I need to create some dummy 1GB partition for /boot, for example, and then fine-tune the start and end of my second ~127GB partition for /?
PS.: You said:
The only thing important here is that the amount of sectors per cylinder is divisible by 8
but here:
Disk /dev/sda: 8237 MB, 8237408256 bytes
32 heads, 32 sectors/track, 15711 cylinders, total 16088688 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
16088688/15711=1 024,03972
it's not divisible by 8.
and in order to achieve a closest number divisible by 8, 1024, the number of sectors would need to be subtracted by 624:
Is that what the author has done by omitting some sectors at the beginning (the partition starts at 1024) or the end?
And if 1023 blocks were omitted at the beginning (or 1024, if we count 0 in), the sector/cylinder calculation will be already <1024.
Im sorry for being such a pain in the ass, but I want to simply understand the whole situation, since it is quite important for SSDs.
And hey, it can be useful for fellow Linux googlers in the future
Last edited by warnec (2010-06-13 18:23:54)
The total amount of sectors is just the total of bytes divided by 512 (bytes per sector):
8237408256 bytes : 512 = 16088688.
The amount of sectors per cylinder is defined by the heads and sectors:
32*32*512=524288bytes per cylinder which is divisible by 8
the available space of 8237408256 bytes gets broken down into cylinders of a defined size each.
so with that 512k alignment you're actually using 15711(cylinders)*524288(sectors per cylinder)=8237088768bytes of the capacity.
The remaining 319488 bytes (312k) do not fill a (512k) cylinder and therefore, i believe, simply get ignored.
There's a very informative blog post by theodore ts'o about this whole alignment thing.
Last edited by demian (2010-06-14 19:24:03)
Great! That explains my concerns.. Would you kindly answer the first question as well:
Fine, so I'll just follow the step-by-step guide found on OCZ forums. Would that be OK if I made only 1 ~128GB partition for my whole / on cylinder 2, and that's it?
Or do I need to create some dummy 1GB partition for /boot, for example, and then fine-tune the start and end of my second ~127GB partition for /?
If you do, I think I'll be ready to make my new not-so-shiny (thanks to matte cover I love so much) ThinkPad rock!
Last edited by warnec (2010-06-13 19:28:02)
Cheers to ThinkPad.
If you only need one partition you can skip the whole alignment thing altogether and just create a filesystem on eg /dev/sda instead of /dev/sda1.
But it works just as well if you create one big partition and let it start at cylinder 2.
Personally, i prefer a seperate /boot and /home. This is what my partition table looks like:
Disk /dev/sda: 80.0 GB, 80026361856 bytes
32 heads, 32 sectors/track, 152638 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 1024 * 512 = 524288 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x12e50e55
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 2 513 262144 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 514 2049 786432 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda3 2050 12289 5242880 83 Linux
/dev/sda4 12290 152638 71858688 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 12290 152638 71858672 83 Linux
Disk /dev/sda: 32 heads, 32 sectors, 152638 cylinders
Nr AF Hd Sec Cyl Hd Sec Cyl Start Size ID
1 80 0 1 1 31 32 512 1024 524288 83
2 00 0 1 513 31 32 1023 525312 1572864 82
3 00 31 32 1023 31 32 1023 2098176 10485760 83
4 00 31 32 1023 31 32 1023 12583936 143717376 05
5 00 31 32 1023 31 32 1023 32 143717344 83
Obviously i forgot to adjust the start sector of the logical partition .
Well, as long as it's possible, I'd prefer to avoid the hassle of manual adjusting. I thought it is inevitable if one wants a well-maintained SSD drive.
So, to make a partitionless drive would it be enough to just execute:
sudo fdisk -H 32 -S 32 /dev/sda
sudo mke2fs -t ext4 -E stripe-width=128 /dev/sda
And that's it? I can then log in back to GUI ubuntu installer and install / there, and it'll boot normally after install&reboot?
What's the catch? (Is there any?)
Will it work fast and won't it have a bad impact on the drive's write times over a period of time, just as if I were aligning partitions manually?
Is this only a matter of personal taste, whether one wants to have separate partitons playing certain roles or not?
Besides, what does separate /boot help You with? I always had either 1 partiton for / or 2 for / and /home.
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Last edited by warnec (2010-06-13 20:27:47)
Yeah, the game was surprisingly nice.
I haven't used a block device that wasn't a partition as mount point yet. I guess it wasn't my place to suggest it.
But I've read on several occasions that without a partition table you don't have to worry about misalignment. Makes sense to me.
Perhaps an optimized alignment beats no alignment so for now I'd choose to create partitions.
I keep a seperate boot for
a) btrfs (grub can't boot from btrfs)
b) encryption purposes (although i skipped it with BTRFS i'm using now)
c) my modified grub2-gfxmenu which i like to keep no matter what i do with /
I like to experiment and it really makes things easier if you have a seperate /boot, /home and /var.
Ok, I made up my mind: I'll simply make one big 128GB partition.
I just need to be sure about one last thing:
sudo fdisk -H 32 -S 32 /dev/sda (choose first cylinder as 2, end cylinder as the default one)
sudo mke2fs -t ext4 -E stripe-width=128 /dev/sda1
all I need?
And if I execute the above commands from a, let's say, Ubuntu's LiveCD in CLI (Ctrl+Alt+F1, AFAIR) and then come back to GUI and reach the partitioning part, what do I do?
Do I need to go into "advanced partitioning" and point the 128GB ext4 partition as /, and that's it?
I'm not familiar with the Ubuntu install routine but in Arch Linux you skip points 18.104.22.168.1 and 184.108.40.206.2 (auto-prepare hard drives and manually partition hard drives) and go straight to 184.108.40.206 (manually configure block devices, file systems and mountpoints).
you define the mount points and when you get asked if you want to format the partition / create the filesystem you politely decline.
So, all I need to do is to assign /dev/sda1 to /, and not format it?
and is this:
sudo fdisk -H 32 -S 32 /dev/sda (choose first cylinder as 2, end cylinder as the default one)
sudo mke2fs -t ext4 -E stripe-width=128 /dev/sda1
I'm asking for the third time now, and I am starting to believe you are trying to deliberately avoid this question
Last edited by warnec (2010-06-14 19:08:13)
Yes, that's correct.
Except i'd also set a label and the stride size:
mkfs.ext4 -L root -E stride=128,stripe-width=128 /dev/sda1.
Great, thanks!
Looks like I got all my questions answered! Hope this helps fellow Googlers in the future!
We can considered the case closed.
I just partitioned/formatted my SSD using the information in this thread but I have to wonder if this level of specificity is necessary and/or beneficial.
I know that some SSDs of the first generation would perform much better with proper alignment (or would sometimes even "stutter" with bad alignment). So, for those, you might even call it necessary.
Other than that correct alignment is theoretically always beneficial at least to reduce wear. I don't think there's a proper way of measuring the wear besides with some manufacturer tools so I doubt there's much practical experience on how much exactly the wear will be reduced resp. how much longer your SSD will last, if you've created the partitions with correct alignment.
When you summarize it, it's really not much effort to properly align the drive, so why not just do it?
Last edited by demian (2010-06-25 07:48:27)
Thanks, demian.
Hi guys:
I have found what may be an easier way to align your partitions, but what's for sure it is a visual way to make it:
- http://lifehacker.com/5837769/make-sure … erformance
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Wednesday, December 28, 2011
What we wanted for Christmas in 1975
Although I don't think anyone really wanted Toughskins, that trio of plaids is hilarious.
The craze for ventriloquist dolls seemed to have died out completely. BUT LOOK! Hugo, Man of a Thousand Faces, perhaps the most popular toy in our entire book.
And really, the rest is pure awesome. CB radios! Creepy headphones that look like giant ears! Evel Knievel Stunt Kit! An Easy Bake Oven that is a Pizza Hut Pizza Oven! Guns! Corduroy!
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4 comments:
- Scott S said...
Maybe not the Toughskins ... but it would seem that in 1975, a 13-year old kid named Jeff Dunham might have received the ventriloquist doll and thought, "I'm too old for this" but decided to make a career out of it anyway. In 1975, I thought the old guys and gals doing ventriloquism were sure to be vestiges of the era of vaudeville, but apparently, I was wrong!!
- Anonymous said...
we had those pajamas with the bunny mask when I was little, I was just born in 1975 though, so they must have made them for years to come. I totally forgot about that bunny mask until just seeing it now but we played with that thing until it fell apart.
- Janet said...
This picture is not one of the ones you listed, but it's from the same catalog. I had the dress in the middle. The skirt was lovely red velvet, and I was sad to outgrow it.
- Brian said...
I remember seeing ventriloquist dummies around in the '70s, but they were not something I or any one I knew ever wanted. CB radios, on the other hand, were high on the list. 10-4, good buddy! I got a "base station" one Christmas, which was a kids' version of a CB. You could actually talk to truckers on it. It was also amazing to learn how many people talked dirty and tried to hook up over the airwaves!!
I also wound up with Toughskins too (zzzzz...)


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I've been queefing in thisbed the entire time !
What ?!Gross !
How dare you ?!
Ahh !
Get out !Get out, both of you !
We never want tosee you again !
After everythingwe've been through ?!
( sobbing )
( queefing )
What the hellam I going to do, Phillip ?
She makes me so madsometimes.
Katherine just won'tstop queefing.
But I don't know ifI can live without her.
( crying )
( queefs )
Katie, I'm sorry.
I was wrong.
Me too, Katherine.
I don't loveyour queefs,
but, damn it,I love you.
Oh, Terrance !Phillip !
( moaning & queefing )
But Damnit, I Love You
Terrance and Phillip's new relationships hit some rocky times.


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Where else but the Alma Awards would David Archuleta, Lynda Carter and Black Eyed Peas rapper Taboo be nominated in the same category? They are all part of this year's eclectic mix of music honorees.
Archuleta, the Miami-born son of a Honduran singer, is one of two rising star honorees — the other is R&B singer Kat DeLuna, born in New York to Dominican parents. After finishing second last year on "American Idol," Archuleta has sold close to a million copies of his self-titled debut album. DeLuna's debut "9 Lives" earned a Latin Billboard award, and she is currently working on a follow-up.
Enrique Iglesias and Christina Aguilera are well-established pop singers in both Spanish and English. The son of Spanish crooner Julio Iglesias, Enrique was named bestselling Latin performer at last year's World Music Awards and won the 2008 American Music Award as favorite Latin artist. Aguilera marked her 10 years in music last year with the release of a hits compilation, and her fourth studio album is expected later this year.
Pitbull, a Miami rap sensation who often references his Cuban heritage in his party anthems, is currently on tour promoting "Rebelution."
Most people would not readily identify some of the honorees as Latino artists. R&B singer Maxwell, who returned to the music scene this year with the highly praised "BLACKsummers'night," was born in New York but his family hails from Puerto Rico and the West Indies. Fergie and will.i.am are the best-known members of the Black Eyed Peas, but rapper Taboo was born Jaime Luis Gomez in East Los Angeles.
Carter is less known for her music than her acting, but this year's release of "At Last," a collection of standards, marked her return to her first love. "My love of music began at my Mexican grandma's house in Arizona," Carter recalls. "I have such wonderful childhood memories of tortillas coming off the flat pan, chiles roasting. Then the guitars would come out, and the singing would begin."
Regarding the Almas, the singer-actress says, "This honor is especially meaningful to me given the tremendous pride I have in my Latin roots."


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The National Cathedral held a special prayer service for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender families after two historic Supreme Court rulings Wednesday upheld the legality of same-sex marriage.
The service came hours after the high court struck down the Defense of Marriage Act. The ruling will allow the federal goverment to recognize same-sex marriages in states where they are legal.
The justices also ruled Wednesday that the litigants who brought California's Proposition 8 to the court had no legal standing to do so. That decision will allow same-sex marriages to resume in California.
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"My personal journey toward acceptance as a lesbian was long and hard," Rev. Linda Kaufman said. "My wife and I have been together for 15 years. We have two adopted sons."
Kaufman said she is relieved that she will no longer have to worry how her wife and children will get by after she dies.
"I've been working since I was 15 years old, paying into the social security system, and until today, every time I opened my statement, I was confronted by the fact that my life partner would get nothing."
The National Cathedral had scheduled its service in advance of the rulings to allow families to celebrate or grieve the outcomes, whatever they may have been.
The cathedral's dean, the Rev. Gary Hall, announced in January that the cathedral would begin performing same-sex marriages.
The cathedral said in advance of the rulings that it would continue to advocate for same-sex marriage regardless of what the court decided.


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I may have to try this.. I have the fish chowder on my menu to try next week.. Thanks for sharing such fantastic recipes.. I can't wait to try them
I am beside myself with glee that I came across your blog! I'm completely inspired, as I have a love affair with my crockpot, but haven't really branched out from the soups, stews, chilis, and other traditional fare. I think I'll try the crème brulée ce soir! Merci!
You have so totally inspired me. I've used my crock pot for the last five days in a row, and have a roast in it for tonight!
BTW, I made the fish chowder and it was a huge, monstrous hit. I didn't like the way it looked, though, so I took my stick blender to the whole thing before I added the shrimp. It really thickened it up, and it was delish!! Thank you so much!
thank you linda and sherrie!
damsel, I'm so excited that the fish chowder worked well for you and your family. I really enjoyed it a lot, too.
I get so nervouse recommending things, because everyone has such different tastebuds.
thank you for your validation---it means a lot.
Hmm, the overnight thing doesn't seem to be working for you! But, that sounds delicious! My family likes eggs, and loves omelettes, so maybe I should give it a try... As in, leave a note on the fridge that says "let sleeping parents lie. See brekkies in crockpot!"
I agree that it sounds delicious too! Sorry they turned up their noses to it... I would have eaten it!!
my hubby would LOVE this! anything with lots of eggs in it is his thing. not me but sometimes you gotta do something just for them right? right?
maybe. :)
I do something like where it soaks into bread overnight and then gets baked the next morning. To deal with the health issues, I usually use low fat ham and at least half egg substitute.
Thanks for all the great recipes.
This sounds great. My men-children love eggs for breakfast. As a matter of fact, I have wounded them to the core if I serve cereal.
I will use turkey sausage and half egg substitute. Thanks for the recipes. I have found several to try!
nan, I think you're right! I get nervous having it on all night. I have no idea why--I will leave the house all day without a problem.
cs, you are invited over, any time.
kay, you're definitely right.
leslie, that sounds wonderful.
julie, thank you!
I tried this a couple of night ago, but it not go over well. It turned out kind of tasteless. We each only had one bite. Not sure what I did wrong. I would love to find more overnight breakfast ideas for the crockpot.
Mine turned out great! I used my mini crockpot for this. I also added diced bell pepper to it.
I love your blog - what a find!
I have a crockpot fascination, but am afraid to try different recipes because even the published ones are an experiment. Thanks for testing these and giving your honest opinion. I do believe I'll be "crocking" again soon. :)
I just found your blog and am enjoying it greatly! I love crockpot recipes. I shed a tear for this dish going down the disposal. Just a comment, research shows dietary intake of cholesteral has little to no effect of cholesterol levels in your blood.
I am about to make this recipe for the second time! I ate it for breakfast 4 mornings last week inside a whole weat pita. It was just as good on the 4th day as the first. YUM!!!!
I made this today and added bell pepper onion and mushroom. I thought it was pretty good the only thing is that the potatoes weren't cooked all the was and there was still water in it so it was a little runny. I started cooking a little before 9:30 and we ate right around 5 was it not enough time? I made it for dinner "breakfast for dinner"
Not sure eggs should becookmed for so long...but a great idea any how.
We make this when we go camping! Great to wake up on those cool mornings and have a hot meal ready to go!
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1. Which two layers of the OSI model have the same functions as the TCP/IP model Network Access Layer? (Choose two.)
• Network
• Transport
• Physical
• Data Link
• Session
2. What is a primary function of the trailer information added by the data link layer encapsulation?
• supports error detection
• ensures ordered arrival of data
• provides delivery to correct destination
• identifies the devices on the local network
• assists intermediary devices with processing and path selection
3. During the encapsulation process, what occurs at the data link layer?
• No address is added.
• The logical address is added.
• The physical address is added.
• The process port number is added.
4. What device is considered an intermediary device?
• file server
• IP phone
• laptop
• printer
• switch
5.Which layer encapsulates the segment into packets?
• physical
• data link
• network
• transport
6. Which statements correctly identify the role of intermediary devices in the network? (Choose three.)
• determine pathways for data
• initiate data communications
• retime and retransmit data signals
• originate the flow of data
• manage data flows
• final termination point for data flow
7. What can be identified by examining the network layer header?
• the destination device on the local media
• the path to use to reach the destination host
• the bits that will be transferred over the media
• the source application or process creating the data
8. What is the proper order of the layers of the OSI model from the highest layer to the lowest layer?
• physical, network, application, data link, presentation, session, transport
• application, physical, session, transport, network, data link, presentation
• application, presentation, physical, session, data link, transport, network
• application, presentation, session, transport, network, data link, physical
• presentation, data link, session, transport, network, physical, application
9. Refer to the exhibit. Which three labels correctly identify the network types for the network segments that are shown? (Choose three.)
• Network A — WAN
• Network B — WAN
• Network C — LAN
• Network B — MAN
• Network C — WAN
• Network A — LAN
10. What are the key functions of encapsulation? (Choose three.)
• allows modification of the original data before transmission
• identifies pieces of data as part of the same communication
• enables consistent network paths for communication
• ensures that data pieces can be directed to the correct receiving end device
• enables the reassembly of complete messages
• tracks delay between end devices
11. Refer to the exhibit. Which networking term describes the data interleaving process represented in the graphic?
• piping
• streaming
• multiplexing
• encapsulation
12. What is a PDU?
• corruption of a frame during transmission
• data reassembled at the destination
• retransmitted packets due to lost communication
• a layer specific encapsulation
13. Refer to the exhibit. "Cell A" at IP address 10.0.0.34 has established an IP session with "IP Phone 1" at IP address 172.16.1.103. Based upon the graphic, which device type best describes the function of wireless device "Cell A?"
• the destination device
• an end device
• an intermediate device
• a media device
14. Refer to the exhibit. Which set of devices contains only end devices?
15. Refer to the exhibit. Which term correctly identifies the device type that is included in the green area?
• source
• end
• transfer
• intermediary
16. Which three statements best describe a Local Area Network (LAN)? (Choose three.)
• A LAN is usually in a single geographical area.
• The network is administered by a single organization.
• The connection between segments in the LAN is usually through a leased connection.
• The security and access control of the network are controlled by a service provider.
• A LAN provides network services and access to applications for users within a common organization.
• Each end of the network is generally connected to a Telecommunication Service Provider (TSP).
17. Refer to the exhibit. What type of network is shown?
18. What is the purpose of the TCP/IP Network Access layer?
• path determination and packet switching
• data representation, encoding, and control
• reliability, flow control, and error detection
• detailing the components that make up the physical link and how to access it
• the division of segments into packets
19. Which characteristic correctly refers to end devices in a network?
• manage data flows
• originate data flow
• retime and retransmit data signals
• determine pathways for data
20. What is the primary purpose of Layer 4 port assignment?
• to identify devices on the local media
• to identify the hops between source and destination
• to identify to the intermediary devices the best path through the network
• to identify the source and destination end devices that are communicating
• to identify the processes or services that are communicating within the end devices
21. Select the statements that are correct concerning network protocols. (Choose three.)
• define the structure of layer specific PDU's
• dictate how to accomplish layer functions
• outline the functions necessary for communications between layers
• limit hardware compatibility
• require layer dependent encapsulations
• eliminate standardization among vendors


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At a recent event for hitRECord.org, Joseph-Gordon Levitt enlisted the help of Anne Hathaway, his costar in The Dark Knight Rises and a hitRECord user to perform a ballad… in French. Oh la la!
This sparks a very serious, very important debate:
How would you rank the following: JGL singing in English, JGL singing in French, Bradley Cooper speaking in French, or Ryan Gosling doing anything at all?