So, I've got an itch to fiddle around with XIP, but I can't figure out how
to measure the benefit I might be able to expect or, if I just do it, how to
figure out if I gained anything other than hassles.
I've played around with it a little using a 512MB DCSS populated with /lib,
/lib64, /usr/lib,
Barton might have some hard numbers, since Velocity has been pushing
XIP for quite a while now.
The benefit is academically obvious. To get your own measurement,
you'll need a multiplicity of guests and you'll want to measure VM
host load (esp paging) and Linux guest throughput (esp starting
Richard Troth wrote:
Barton might have some hard numbers, since Velocity has been pushing
XIP for quite a while now.
The benefit is academically obvious. To get your own measurement,
you'll need a multiplicity of guests and you'll want to measure VM
host load (esp paging) and Linux guest
