Re: [Xen-users] xen 4.1 missing memory

["Fajar A. Nugraha" <list@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 2:35 PM, Ian Tobin <itobin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi,
>
>
>
> We have the dom0_mem=512M parameter set on boot which does show up after
> booting however ive noticed that it drops to roughly 256M on one of the
> boxes after the VMs are all started which is causing slow downs as it needs
> to swap.

IIRC that is expected behaviour, no matter what version the kernel is.

> The kernel is 2.6.32.43, has anyone else seen this?

dom0_mem only sets dom0's initial memory. If domU needs more memory,
dom0 can still baloon down. See dom0-min-mem and
enable-dom0-ballooning on /etc/xen/xend-config.sxp to change this
behavior.

-- 
Fajar

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