I've been testing the 4.2 release of CloudStack using Virtual Box and have noticed a need to allocate significantly more memory to the VM. Previously I would use a CentOS VM with 1 GB of RAM for the installation but then drop the memory to 512MB, leaving plenty of RAM on the host machine to then stand up a XenServer VM or a KVM VM etc.
I initially had problems logging into 4.2 after a clean install, and discovered that only by increasing the memory to 2GB could I get the system to function. I am quite shocked that the memory footprint has increased 400% between releases. Obviously for a real production system, allocating more than 2GB or RAM to CloudStack is not an issue, but it does make standing up a simple test environment in Virtual Box more difficult. Does anyone have ideas why this has increased and is it something that should be looked at. Regards Geoff Higginbottom CTO / Cloud Architect [Description: Mail Logo Bottom Align] D: +44 20 3603 0542<tel:+442036030542> | S: +44 20 3603 0540<tel:+442036030540> | M: +447968161581<tel:+447968161581> geoff.higginbot...@shapeblue.com<mailto:geoff.higginbot...@shapeblue.com> | www.shapeblue.com | Twitter:@shapeblue<https://twitter.com/#!/shapeblue> ShapeBlue Ltd, 53 Chandos Place, Covent Garden, London, WC2N 4HS Apache CloudStack Bootcamp training courses 18/19 September, Bangalore<http://www.shapeblue.com/cloudstack-bootcamp-training-course/> 02/03 October, London<http://www.shapeblue.com/cloudstack-bootcamp-training-course/> 13/14 November, London<http://www.shapeblue.com/cloudstack-bootcamp-training-course/> 27/28 November, Bangalore<http://www.shapeblue.com/cloudstack-bootcamp-training-course/> 08/09 January 2014, London<http://www.shapeblue.com/cloudstack-bootcamp-training-course/> This email and any attachments to it may be confidential and are intended solely for the use of the individual to whom it is addressed. Any views or opinions expressed are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Shape Blue Ltd or related companies. If you are not the intended recipient of this email, you must neither take any action based upon its contents, nor copy or show it to anyone. Please contact the sender if you believe you have received this email in error. Shape Blue Ltd is a company incorporated in England & Wales. ShapeBlue Services India LLP is a company incorporated in India and is operated under license from Shape Blue Ltd. Shape Blue Brasil Consultoria Ltda is a company incorporated in Brasil and is operated under license from Shape Blue Ltd. ShapeBlue is a registered trademark.
