WARNING - OLD ARCHIVES

This is an archived copy of the Xen.org mailing list, which we have preserved to ensure that existing links to archives are not broken. The live archive, which contains the latest emails, can be found at http://lists.xen.org/
   
 
 
Xen 
 
Home Products Support Community News
 
   
 

xen-users

Re: [Xen-users] xen 4.1 missing memory

To: Xen User-List <xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-users] xen 4.1 missing memory
From: "Fajar A. Nugraha" <list@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2011 16:43:57 +0700
Delivery-date: Wed, 17 Aug 2011 02:45:16 -0700
Envelope-to: www-data@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
In-reply-to: <039E0B4AA9103344A80DA55DDDC76A933B308C@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
List-help: <mailto:xen-users-request@lists.xensource.com?subject=help>
List-id: Xen user discussion <xen-users.lists.xensource.com>
List-post: <mailto:xen-users@lists.xensource.com>
List-subscribe: <http://lists.xensource.com/mailman/listinfo/xen-users>, <mailto:xen-users-request@lists.xensource.com?subject=subscribe>
List-unsubscribe: <http://lists.xensource.com/mailman/listinfo/xen-users>, <mailto:xen-users-request@lists.xensource.com?subject=unsubscribe>
References: <039E0B4AA9103344A80DA55DDDC76A933B308C@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sender: xen-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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

_______________________________________________
Xen-users mailing list
Xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users