sbsv2/raptor/notes/localresourcecopying.txt
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Wed, 01 Dec 2010 16:05:36 +0800
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Resources were copied using make rules.  This is sensible in local
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machine builds but non-optimal in cluster builds.  It is entirely IO
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bound so that instead of benefitting from running on the cluster it
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simply creates more IO as files need to be transferred over the network,
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possibly multiple times.
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This change introduces the <finalcopy> tag to the log which the frontend
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reads in a new "default" filter called FilterCopyFile.  Thus the python
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frontend does the copying rather than the cluster build engine.
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This happens at the end of each invocation of the build engine or "stage".
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Since resources are built in their own stage, the copying is completed
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before build tasks in the other stages require them.  The copied files
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are not needed in the resource stage itself.
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The filter uses <progress:end ...> tags to determine when a stage
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is finished and this requires that the timing feature be switched on
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permanently.
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The format of the tag is:
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<finalcopy source="sourcefilename">dest_filename1 dest_filename2 ...</finalcopy>
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Spaces may not be used in filenames. The sequence "%20" may be used
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instead.