******* NOTE: ******** This is a static, dedicated branch for CloudCom 2012.

While the master branch will continue to change, this branch is left as it was at the point of article submission.

• Base system --kvm --libvirt --python-libvirt --make --nasm

• Stats package --sysstat

Plots in Fig.1 were created with the sysstat package like so:

1. Build the machine: $ cp src/cpu_profile_n.asm microMachine.asm $ make

2. Boot the machine: $ screen -S mm1 taskset -c 3 kvm -hda microMachine.hda -curses

3. Collect and filter statistics: $ sar 1 200 -P 3 -o stats/stats_cpuProfile_n.dat $ sadf -d -T -P 3 stats/stats_cpuProfile_n.dat | stats/filter_stats.py

The data was then copied into plot: http://plot.micw.eu/