>>> On Fri, Feb 23, 2007 at 1:48 PM, in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Tom Duerbusch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > To some extent, I agree with your VM systems programmer. IF you are in > a VM paging state, adding actively used vdisk, may not be the best thing > for you to do.
The recommendation to use VDISK for swap is intended to be used in conjunction with a recommendation to shrink your virtual machines down as much as possible, thus reducing the degree to which you're over-committing real storage. If you exchange virtual/real storage for an increase in VDISK I/Os, you can usually manage to come out ahead of the game. The tolerable level of VDISK I/Os is surprisingly high (at least to me). Mark Post ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
