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Re: [Xen-users] ionice

To: Jonathan Tripathy <jonnyt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-users] ionice
From: Bart Coninckx <bart.coninckx@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 4 Jul 2010 22:16:03 +0200
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On Sunday 04 July 2010 00:28:59 Jonathan Tripathy wrote:
> > My problem is that I see high volume requests from some people with
> > little time in between the requests and about matters getting more and
> > more away from the subject at hand, which more than likely points to
> > people not taking the time to look for answers themselves on the internet
> > but choosing the easy path of free advice on a mailing list. This
> > community is about helping each other out after having done the necessary
> > research oneself.  At least that's how I see it. Mind you, I'm at risk
> > stating this, because I frequently am scratching my head in the face of
> > nasty problems and challenges with tight deadlines, but I try to self
> > reliant to the max and only if I'm at the end of my wits, I will consult
> > the list.
> >
> > No chill pills needed.
> 
> FYI, I started a new topic as I had already discovered how to use solve
> my ionice problem (I used dstat). Which is why I then moved onto how to
> "prioritise" the DomU regarding disk usage, and I know that a lot of
> people on this list do that for their customers. I actually did do my
> own research, and in fact I will point you to an excellent PDF (which is
> taken from the book I'm currently reading):
> http://nostarch.com/download/xen_ch7.pdf (Page 11).
> 
> Please don't jump to the conclusion that I havn't done my own research,
> because I have.
> 

Jonathan,

how would you rate the book you are referring to? I just ordered 
"Virtualization with Xen" but I find it basically crap with way too little 
practical info.

cheers,

B.

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