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

On Sun, 2008-06-15 at 17:45 -0700, Sandor W. Sklar wrote:
> Well, of course, the amount of memory that a dom0 needs depends upon  
> the service running within it.  I guess I didn't word my question  
> explicitly enough.  Is there a formula for determine how much memory a  
> dom0 might need, given a system with X amount of RAM, and X number of  
> guests, assuming there are no other services running in the dom0?

You are hoping to calculate the best possible density? I.e. give dom-0
xx MB per pv guest, xx MB per HVM guest?

Even that is too broad to really pin down, it would really depend on
what you give the guests and how much they exercise the disks.

Regards,
--Tim




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