> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://lattora.puneetchandna.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# VM placement experiments

> Reproducible VM placement experiments, in your terminal.

Compare HO, GA, FirstFit and BestFit with **CloudSim Plus 8.5.7**.
Plan a run, inspect its results and check the evidence in one terminal workbench.

```sh theme={null}
curl -fsSL https://github.com/puneet-chandna/Lattora/releases/latest/download/install.sh | bash
```

Open a new terminal, then run `lattora`. The standalone app includes its runtimes.
Experiments work offline on Linux x86-64, Linux ARM64 and Apple Silicon macOS.

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<div role="navigation" aria-label="Start here" className="lattora-start-links">
  <a href="/tutorials/running-first-simulation">
    <span className="lattora-start-title">Run your first experiment</span>
    <span>Install, run four cases and validate the results.</span>
  </a>

  <a href="/guides/analysis">
    <span className="lattora-start-title">Understand the evidence</span>
    <span>Read reports, units and claim decisions.</span>
  </a>
</div>

## Choose your next step

[Use the workbench](/guides/workbench) · [Run Research](/guides/basic-scenarios) ·
[Configure Stress](/guides/advanced-scenarios) · [Develop from source](/guides/building-from-source).

This guide covers **Lattora 2.1.0**. [Pin that version](/guides/installation#pin-a-version)
for reproduction. Product, protocol and schema versions are separate.
Results describe a synthetic static model. They do not establish a research winner
or real datacenter savings. Read the [protocol](/concepts/research-protocol) before
making a claim.


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