On Thu, Jan 2, 2014 at 11:19 PM, Ross Merrifield <r...@sscsinc.com> wrote:
> Greeting CloudStack Users, > > Is it possible to over subscribe the amount of CPU and Memory instances > that I allot to my instances? I believe this is also refereed to as thin > provisioning. For example, can I allot more than 100% of a zone's CPU or > Memory resources? I know that my machines will not be using 100% of their > allotted CPU and memory at any given time, so I would like to use these > "spare" resources elsewhere. > > Search for 'overprovisioning' in the global settings, you should find what you're looking for. As far as I know, storage overprovisioning only works for NFS and VMFS (not sure if VMFS is published yet). > Does this have anything to do with the "dynamically scalable" options? I'm > thinking not, but I cannot find anything relevant in the official > CloudStack documentation. > > Unless I misunderstand you, no, they are not the same. -- Erik
