Resource Control Demo

Resource control aims to control compute resource distribution to improve reliability and utilization of a system. The facebook kernel and container teams have been intensively researching and implementing mechanisms and methods to advance resource control. resctl-demo demonstrates and documents various aspects of resource control using self-contained workloads in guided scenarios. Here's a screencast:

https://engineering.fb.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/resctl-demoV2.mp4

Getting Started

Comprehensive resource control has many requirements, some of which can be difficult to configure on an existing system. resctl-demo provides premade images to help getting started. Visit the following page for details:

https://facebookmicrosites.github.io/resctl-demo-website

For other installation options, visit:

https://github.com/facebookexperimental/resctl-demo

Once you're ready, start exploring:

$ sudo systemd-run --scope --unit resctl-demo --slice hostcritical.slice resctl-demo