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Re: [Xen-users] Swap space for DomU

To: Luciano Rocha <strange@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-users] Swap space for DomU
From: Stefan de Konink <skinkie@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2007 15:43:37 +0100
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Luciano Rocha schreef:
On Fri, Dec 28, 2007 at 08:44:11AM -0500, Matthew Crocker wrote:
Should I create a file on Dom0 and assign it for a DomU for use as swap space or should I just overcommit my system RAM and have Dom0 handle all of the swap?

There is no memory overcommit in Xen.

There is in Linux. And if you don't believe it :) Try to do Bonnie++ in DomU, twice the amount of memory as Dom0, disable Swap on Dom0. And 'host' the filesystem on NFS. Fun for everyone!


Stefan

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