Re: [Xen-users] Why limit dom0's memory?

["Gastón Keller" <gastonkeller@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Sat, Jun 14, 2008 at 11:47 AM, Sandor W. Sklar <ssklar@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Jun 14, 2008, at 5:35 AM, Gastón Keller wrote:
>
>>>  I have this wrong, or am I not understanding something?
>>
>> AFAIK what some people is doing is setting a level of memory for Dom0
>> for it to never go down that level (giving memory to the guests). That
>> is, if you set the memory to 1 GB, Dom0 will allocate all your memory
>> except for that 1 GB. It's a way of ensuring that Dom0 will never run
>> out of memory.
>
> Ah, thanks!  That makes sense.  Is there some formula for determining how
> much memory a dom0 might need, given a system with X amount of RAM, and X
> number of guests?

I wouldn't know what to tell you. Sorry! =)

Gaston
>
>        -s-
>



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