=====hpc0 Keywords=====
====Aptitude====
Identification of chosen keyword (unless you update the section heading above).
===Definition===
Aptitude is a menu-driven, text-based front-end to the Advanced Packaging Tool or APT system. Many of the common package management functions, such as installation, removal, and upgrade, are performed in Aptitude with single-key commands.
===Demonstration===
start Aptitude as a normal user with the following command at a terminal prompt
lab46:~$ sudo aptitude
lab46:~$ aptitude update
lab46:~$ aptitude upgrade
====para-virtualization====
===Definition===
Is a virtualization that presents a software interface to virtual machines.
====full-virtualization====
===Definition===
virtualization technique that provides a virtual machine enviorment that is a complete simulation of the underlying hardware. It requires that every aspect of the hardware be reflected on other virtual machines, including the full instruction set, input/output operations, interrupts, memory access, and whatever other tools that are used by the software that runs on the bare machine.
====Xen====
===Definition===
A virtual machine monitor that allows multiple multiple operating systems to execute on the same hardware.
====PvPGn====
===Definition===
This is a server emulation software, that emulates blizzard battle.net online gaming services.
===Demonstration===
In the process of setting up a server so more will come for this part of this one..
====Virtual Server====
===Definition===
Virtual Server, is a server to which intended virtual machines will be hosted and or migrated off of.
===Demonstration===
this example is the server that had been created in class.
lab46:~$ ssh root@vmserver02.student.lab
====Virtual Machine====
===Definition===
A machine on a server set up to run particular processes predefined by the user but not limited to just these, or not limited to only existing inside of a virtual machine. The benefit to this is the ease of portability depending on software used in porting it to other systems without reconfiguration, and possibly while it is still running.
===Demonstration===
Again this example is the virtual machine within the server created in the previous word.
lab46:~$ ssh root@vm34.student.lab
====Configuration====
===Definition===
Defining a script that is set to run on the start up of a software or service that determines particular variables that effect the working environment in relation to end user settings desired in a particular circumstance.
===Demonstration===
such files as working with the pvpgn server we are setting up are:
*.conf
=====hpc0 Objective(needed)=====
====hpc0 Objective====
State the course objective
===Definition===
In your own words, define what that objective entails.
===Method===
State the method you will use for measuring successful academic/intellectual achievement of this objective.
===Measurement===
Follow your method and obtain a measurement. Document the results here.
===Analysis===
Reflect upon your results of the measurement to ascertain your achievement of the particular course objective.
* How did you do?
* Is there room for improvement?
* Could the measurement process be enhanced to be more effective?
* Do you think this enhancement would be efficient to employ?
* Could the course objective be altered to be more applicable? How would you alter it?