[CentOS] how to optimize CentOS XEN dom0?

2011-02-22 Thread Rudi Ahlers
Hi, I have a problematic CentOS XEN server and hope someone could point me in the right direction to optimize it a bit. The server runs on a Core2Quad 9300, with 8GB RAM (max motherboard can take, 1U chassis) on an Intel motherboard with a 1TB SATA HDD. dom0 is set to 512MB limit with a few smal

Re: [CentOS] how to optimize CentOS XEN dom0?

2011-02-22 Thread Kenni Lund
2011/2/23 Rudi Ahlers : > Hi, > > I have a problematic CentOS XEN server and hope someone could point me > in the right direction to optimize it a bit. (SNIP) > the server itself seems to eat up a lot of resources: > > > root@zaxen01:[~]$ free -m >             total       used       free     shar

Re: [CentOS] how to optimize CentOS XEN dom0?

2011-02-22 Thread Cameron Kerr
On 23/02/11 12:29, Rudi Ahlers wrote: > Hi, > > I have a problematic CentOS XEN server and hope someone could point me > in the right direction to optimize it a bit. > > The server runs on a Core2Quad 9300, with 8GB RAM (max motherboard can > take, 1U chassis) on an Intel motherboard with a 1TB S

Re: [CentOS] how to optimize CentOS XEN dom0?

2011-02-22 Thread Rudi Ahlers
On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 1:37 AM, Kenni Lund wrote: > 2011/2/23 Rudi Ahlers : >> Hi, >> >> I have a problematic CentOS XEN server and hope someone could point me >> in the right direction to optimize it a bit. > > (SNIP) > >> the server itself seems to eat up a lot of resources: >> >> >> root@zaxen

Re: [CentOS] how to optimize CentOS XEN dom0?

2011-02-22 Thread Ian Murray
Are they paravirt of HVM guests? qemu might have something to do with it if HVM guests are involved. - Original Message > From: Rudi Ahlers > To: CentOS mailing list > Sent: Tue, 22 February, 2011 23:29:29 > Subject: [CentOS] how to optimize CentOS XEN dom0? > >

Re: [CentOS] how to optimize CentOS XEN dom0?

2011-02-22 Thread Rudi Ahlers
On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 1:41 AM, Ian Murray wrote: > Are they paravirt of HVM guests? qemu might have something to do with it if > HVM > guests are involved. > Uhm, I know that I should know this, but how do I tell from a quick glance? It's almost 2am in the morning here, and I'm a bit too tire

Re: [CentOS] how to optimize CentOS XEN dom0?

2011-02-22 Thread yonatan pingle
you should have a look at your I/O disk status. try with iostat -dx 5 to see the disk utilization info over time. when it comes to slowdown on a virtual environment on a Desktop grade machine, i suspect disk I/O latency and bottleneck as a cause. check that your disk is running at its optimal st

Re: [CentOS] how to optimize CentOS XEN dom0?

2011-02-22 Thread Geoff Galitz
> > The server runs on a Core2Quad 9300, with 8GB RAM (max motherboard can > take, 1U chassis) on an Intel motherboard with a 1TB SATA HDD. > > dom0 is set to 512MB limit with a few small XEM VM's running: > > > root@zaxen01:[~]$ xm list > Name ID Mem(MiB) VCPUs

Re: [CentOS] how to optimize CentOS XEN dom0?

2011-02-23 Thread Rudi Ahlers
On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 9:06 AM, yonatan pingle wrote: > you should have a look at your I/O disk status. > > try with iostat -dx 5 to see the disk utilization info over time. > when it comes to slowdown on a virtual environment on a Desktop grade > machine,  i suspect disk I/O latency and bottlene

Re: [CentOS] how to optimize CentOS XEN dom0?

2011-02-23 Thread Ross Walker
On Feb 23, 2011, at 3:42 AM, Rudi Ahlers wrote: > On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 9:06 AM, yonatan pingle > wrote: >> you should have a look at your I/O disk status. >> >> try with iostat -dx 5 to see the disk utilization info over time. >> when it comes to slowdown on a virtual environment on a Deskto

Re: [CentOS] how to optimize CentOS XEN dom0?

2011-02-25 Thread Rudi Ahlers
On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 4:33 PM, Ross Walker wrote: > On Feb 23, 2011, at 3:42 AM, Rudi Ahlers wrote: > >> On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 9:06 AM, yonatan pingle >> wrote: >>> you should have a look at your I/O disk status. >>> >>> try with iostat -dx 5 to see the disk utilization info over time. >>> w

Re: [CentOS] how to optimize CentOS XEN dom0?

2011-02-25 Thread Ross Walker
On Feb 25, 2011, at 4:29 AM, Rudi Ahlers wrote: > On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 4:33 PM, Ross Walker wrote: >> On Feb 23, 2011, at 3:42 AM, Rudi Ahlers wrote: >> >>> On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 9:06 AM, yonatan pingle >>> wrote: you should have a look at your I/O disk status. try with i

Re: [CentOS] how to optimize CentOS XEN dom0?

2011-02-25 Thread Rudi Ahlers
On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 4:21 PM, Ross Walker wrote: > > It seems dom0's memory got under pressure from the other domUs. > > Make sure to set an absolute minimum of memory for dom0 in xend.conf or using > the boot option (forgot what it is). I always made it to the OS min of 256MB, > but if you

Re: [CentOS] how to optimize CentOS XEN dom0?

2011-02-25 Thread Ross Walker
On Feb 25, 2011, at 9:28 AM, Rudi Ahlers wrote: > On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 4:21 PM, Ross Walker wrote: > > >> >> It seems dom0's memory got under pressure from the other domUs. >> >> Make sure to set an absolute minimum of memory for dom0 in xend.conf or >> using the boot option (forgot what