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RE: [Xen-devel] Memory de-duplication (Persistent pages)

To: Kaustubh Kabra <kaustubhwise@xxxxxxxxx>, Xen-devel <Xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: [Xen-devel] Memory de-duplication (Persistent pages)
From: Dan Magenheimer <dan.magenheimer@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 6 Sep 2010 10:35:57 -0700 (PDT)
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In my opinion, both could be useful projects.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kaustubh Kabra [mailto:kaustubhwise@xxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Saturday, September 04, 2010 1:02 PM
> To: Xen-devel
> Cc: Dan Magenheimer
> Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] Memory de-duplication (Persistent pages)
> 
> Sir,
> 
> We are pretty clear with the internal working of tmem.
> Now as "ephemeral" pages are already de-duplicated in current
> implementation .
> 
> 1>>So, we propose to do sharing of "persistent" pages also .
> 2>>We also propose n/w bipass manager for "tmem" as its not existing
> currently.
> 
> Will it be really useful ?
> If yes, it will be implemented within stipulated time frame.
> 
> Thank you.

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