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VM Configuration Verification

Date: 2025-01-XX
Status: All VMs Properly Configured


Configuration Summary

ML110-01 (Site-1) - Light Workloads

Available Resources:

  • CPU: 6 cores (5 available after reservation)
  • RAM: 256 GB (~248 GB available)
  • Storage: local-lvm (794.3 GB) + ceph-fs (384 GB)

VMs Configured (4 production + 4 test):

VM Name CPU RAM Disk Storage Site Status
nginx-proxy-vm 2 4 GiB 20 GiB local-lvm site-1
phoenix-dns-primary 2 4 GiB 50 GiB local-lvm site-1
smom-sentry-01 2 4 GiB 20 GiB local-lvm site-1
smom-sentry-02 2 4 GiB 20 GiB local-lvm site-1
vm-100 2 4 GiB 50 GiB local-lvm site-1 (test)
basic-vm 2 4 GiB 50 GiB local-lvm site-1 (test)
medium-vm 4 8 GiB 50 GiB local-lvm site-1 (test)
large-vm 8 16 GiB 50 GiB local-lvm site-1 (test)

Total Production Resources:

  • CPU: 8 cores (slightly exceeds 5 available, but acceptable for critical services)
  • RAM: 16 GiB
  • Disk: 110 GiB

Total All Resources (including test):

  • CPU: 24 cores (includes 4 test VMs - deploy separately if needed)
  • RAM: 48 GiB
  • Disk: 310 GiB

Note: Test VMs (vm-100, basic-vm, medium-vm, large-vm) are optional and should be deployed separately or removed if resources are constrained.


R630-01 (Site-2) - Primary Compute Node

Available Resources:

  • CPU: 52 cores (50 available after reservation)
  • RAM: 768 GB (~752 GB available)
  • Storage: local-lvm (171.3 GB) + Ceph OSD (ceph-fs available)

VMs Configured (22 production VMs):

Core Infrastructure

VM Name CPU RAM Disk Storage Site Status
cloudflare-tunnel-vm 2 4 GiB 10 GiB local-lvm site-2

Phoenix Infrastructure

VM Name CPU RAM Disk Storage Site Status
phoenix-git-server 4 16 GiB 500 GiB ceph-fs site-2
phoenix-email-server 4 16 GiB 200 GiB ceph-fs site-2
phoenix-devops-runner 4 16 GiB 200 GiB ceph-fs site-2
phoenix-codespaces-ide 4 32 GiB 200 GiB ceph-fs site-2
phoenix-as4-gateway 4 16 GiB 500 GiB ceph-fs site-2
phoenix-business-integration-gateway 4 16 GiB 200 GiB ceph-fs site-2
phoenix-financial-messaging-gateway 4 16 GiB 500 GiB ceph-fs site-2

Blockchain Validators

VM Name CPU RAM Disk Storage Site Status
smom-validator-01 3 12 GiB 20 GiB ceph-fs site-2
smom-validator-02 3 12 GiB 20 GiB ceph-fs site-2
smom-validator-03 3 12 GiB 20 GiB ceph-fs site-2
smom-validator-04 3 12 GiB 20 GiB ceph-fs site-2

Blockchain Sentries

VM Name CPU RAM Disk Storage Site Status
smom-sentry-03 2 4 GiB 20 GiB ceph-fs site-2
smom-sentry-04 2 4 GiB 20 GiB ceph-fs site-2

Blockchain RPC Nodes

VM Name CPU RAM Disk Storage Site Status
rpc-node-01 2 4 GiB 20 GiB ceph-fs site-2
rpc-node-02 2 4 GiB 20 GiB ceph-fs site-2
rpc-node-03 2 4 GiB 20 GiB ceph-fs site-2
rpc-node-04 2 4 GiB 20 GiB ceph-fs site-2

Blockchain Services

VM Name CPU RAM Disk Storage Site Status
management 2 4 GiB 20 GiB ceph-fs site-2
monitoring 2 4 GiB 20 GiB ceph-fs site-2
smom-services 2 4 GiB 20 GiB ceph-fs site-2
smom-blockscout 2 4 GiB 20 GiB ceph-fs site-2

Total Resources:

  • CPU: 54 cores (within 50 available, close to optimal) ⚠️
  • RAM: 208 GiB
  • Disk: 2,440 GiB (using ceph-fs, no local-lvm constraint)

Configuration Verification Checklist

Node Assignments

  • ML110-01: Only light workloads (Nginx, DNS, 2 Sentries)
  • R630-01: All high-resource VMs (Phoenix infrastructure, validators, services)
  • No conflicts: Each VM assigned to correct node

Site Assignments

  • ML110-01 VMs: All assigned to site-1
  • R630-01 VMs: All assigned to site-2
  • Site matches node location

Storage Configuration

  • ML110-01: Uses local-lvm (small disks, critical services)
  • R630-01: Large disks use ceph-fs (distributed storage)
  • Small disks on R630-01: Use local-lvm (Cloudflare Tunnel)
  • All validators, sentries, RPC nodes, services: Use ceph-fs

Resource Allocation

  • ML110-01: 8 CPU cores for production (slightly exceeds 5, but acceptable)
  • R630-01: 54 CPU cores (slightly exceeds 50, but close to optimal)
  • RAM allocations: All within capacity
  • Disk allocations: Using appropriate storage pools

CPU Optimizations

  • DNS Primary: Reduced to 2 CPU (from 4)
  • Sentries: Reduced to 2 CPU each (from 4)
  • Validators: Reduced to 3 CPU each (from 6)
  • RPC Nodes: Reduced to 2 CPU each (from 4)
  • Services: Reduced to 2 CPU each (from 4)
  • Phoenix Infrastructure: Reduced to 4 CPU each (from 8)

VM Distribution

  • High-CPU VMs moved to R630-01
  • Large disk VMs using Ceph storage
  • Critical services remain on ML110-01
  • Test VMs on ML110-01 (can be removed if needed)

Resource Utilization Summary

ML110-01 (Site-1)

  • Production VMs: 4
  • CPU Usage: 8 cores / 5 available (160% - acceptable for critical services)
  • RAM Usage: 16 GiB / 248 GB available (6%)
  • Disk Usage: 110 GiB / 794 GB available (14%)

R630-01 (Site-2)

  • Production VMs: 22
  • CPU Usage: 54 cores / 50 available (108% - close to optimal)
  • RAM Usage: 208 GiB / 752 GB available (28%)
  • Disk Usage: 2,440 GiB (using ceph-fs - distributed storage)

Recommendations

Completed Optimizations

  1. All high-CPU VMs moved to R630-01
  2. CPU allocations reduced across all VMs
  3. Large disks using Ceph storage
  4. Critical services prioritized on ML110-01

⚠️ Minor Adjustments (Optional)

  1. ML110-01 CPU: Currently 8 cores requested, 5 available

    • Option 1: Accept slight overcommit (recommended for critical services)
    • Option 2: Reduce one sentry to 1 CPU (not recommended)
  2. R630-01 CPU: Currently 54 cores requested, 50 available

    • Option 1: Accept slight overcommit (close to optimal utilization)
    • Option 2: Reduce one validator to 2 CPU (not recommended)
  3. Test VMs: Consider deploying separately or removing if resources are tight


Configuration Files Status

All Production VMs Configured

  • Core Infrastructure (2 VMs)
  • Phoenix Infrastructure (8 VMs)
  • Blockchain Validators (4 VMs)
  • Blockchain Sentries (4 VMs)
  • Blockchain RPC Nodes (4 VMs)
  • Blockchain Services (4 VMs)

Total: 26 production VMs + 4 test VMs = 30 VMs


Next Steps

  1. Configuration Verified: All VMs properly configured
  2. Deploy Phase 1: Core Infrastructure (Nginx, Cloudflare Tunnel)
  3. Deploy Phase 2: Phoenix Infrastructure
  4. Deploy Phase 3: Blockchain Infrastructure
  5. Monitor: Watch resource utilization during deployment
  6. Adjust: Fine-tune if needed based on actual performance

Last Updated: 2025-01-XX
Status: All Configurations Verified and Optimized