Am Wed, 20 Jan 2016 08:12:33 +0100 schrieb "J. Roeleveld" <jo...@antarean.org>:
> > > Overcommitting memory is, i think, on the roadmap for Xen. > > > (Disclaimer: At least, I seem to remember reading that > > > somewhere) > > > > That would be a nice feature. > > For VDIs, I might consider using it. > But considering most OSs tend to fill up all available memory with > caches, I expect performance issues. This is what memory ballooning is for: To reclaim tight memory resources from discardable OS memory. The host cache will take care of doing proper caching. -- Regards, Kai Replies to list-only preferred.
