Re: [Xen-devel] Xen not very green?

[Keir Fraser <Keir.Fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 30/10/06 18:13, "Mark Williamson" <mark.williamson@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I think power management is a little less developed in Xen than in Linux so
> it's not going to be able to utilise the low power states in your hardware
> quite as well for the moment.
> 
> It's something that's up for improvement - particularly as folks like to run
> Xen on laptops some times.
> 
> Worth noting though, that if you are aggregating lots of servers onto one Xen
> box instead of on multiple physical boxes you are quite possibly going to
> save power over all, in which case Xen would be greener.

I think Rik van Riel might be doing some investigation.

 -- Keir



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