Quoting Gordon Henderson ([email protected]): > On Thu, 2 Dec 2010, Serge E. Hallyn wrote: > > > Quoting Gordon Henderson ([email protected]): > >> On Mon, 29 Nov 2010, Trent W. Buck wrote: > >> > >>> Siju George <[email protected]> writes: > >>> > >>>> 1) how do I limit the RAM usage of a container? > >>> > >>> In lxc.conf(5): > >>> > >>> lxc.cgroup.memory.limit_in_bytes = 256M > >>> lxc.cgroup.memory.memsw.limit_in_bytes = 1G > >>> > >>>> 2) how do I limit the disk usage of a container ? > >>> > >>> Ensure the rootfs is a dedicated filesystem (e.g. an LVM LV), and limit > >>> its size accordingly. > >> > >> Finally, a use for LVM.... > >> > >> And here was me about to embark on using filesystems in files loopback > >> mounted... > > > > That should also work, just a bit slower, right? > > I don't know, really. I use loopback mounted filesystems for other things > and I don't really notice much slowdowns compared to the native > filesystem, but I've never benchmarked it. > > It is some years since I looked at LVM and I wasn't impressed then so > stopped thinking about it and used something else (I was looking at > snapshot abilities at the time) I build systems for a purpose so rarely > have the need to do the only thing LVM might be handy for - ie. resizing a > volume so it just doesn't fgure in my systems, but maybe this is a valid > use now.
It seems to me that a little extension to lxc-create which creates the container inside a loopback fs would be pretty neat. -serge ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Increase Visibility of Your 3D Game App & Earn a Chance To Win $500! Tap into the largest installed PC base & get more eyes on your game by optimizing for Intel(R) Graphics Technology. Get started today with the Intel(R) Software Partner Program. Five $500 cash prizes are up for grabs. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intelisp-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Lxc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/lxc-users
