Re: [Xen-users] High CPU Steal

[Rudi Ahlers <Rudi@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sat, Nov 13, 2010 at 11:28 AM, Rus Foster <twattycake@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> We are running a Dual Quad core Xeon 5620, 96GB RAM with approx
> 90VM's. Currently have a have a lot of issues where a lot of CPU is
> stuck in steal. We are running Xen 3.4.3 on Centos 5.5 (with stock
> 2.6.18-latest). Are there any tuning tips that we can do to get things
> under control or do we need a hardware upgrade?
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90 VM's are a LOT for one host. What type of RAM, HDD's, RAID (if
any?) do you have? Remember if RAM and high IO becomes a problem the
CPU will start overloading as well.


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Rudi Ahlers
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