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Re: [Xen-devel] Memory overcommit



On Sun, 11 Dec 2005, Keir Fraser wrote:

> Even better, if each domain is only used occasionally, then you could 
> save them to disc and restore them on demand.

How would one implement such a "wake on LAN" functionality
for Xen domains ?

> You could combine this with use of the balloon driver to implement an 
> allocation policy for in-use domains (as Kip suggests)

Better yet, balloon a domain down to something really small
before swapping it out.  Then the latency to get it running
again when activity happens can be kept to a minimum.

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