> On 18 Apr 2017, at 18:03, Gianluca Cecchi <gianluca.cec...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hello, > I'm testing virtualization of some Oracle servers. > I have 4.1.1 with CentOS 7.3 servers as hypervisors. > Typically on physical Oracle servers I configure huge pages for Oracle memory > areas. > In particular I disable Transparent Huge Pages, because they are known to be > in conflict with Oracle performances, both in RAC and in standalone > configurations. > In RHEL systems I configure "transparent_hugepage=never" boot parameter, > while in Oracle Linux OS uek kernels it is already disabled by default. > I notice that in CentOS 7.3, by default, transparent huge pages are > configured: > > [root@ov300 ~]# cat /proc/meminfo | grep -i huge > AnonHugePages: 17006592 kB > HugePages_Total: 0 > HugePages_Free: 0 > HugePages_Rsvd: 0 > HugePages_Surp: 0 > Hugepagesize: 2048 kB > [root@ov300 ~]# > > I'm going to configure a VM with 64Gb of ram and with an Oracle RDBMS that > would have 16Gb of SGA. > I suspect that I could have problems if I dont' change configuration at > hypervisor level... > > What do you think about this subject? > Is there any drawback if I manually configure the hypervisors to boot with > the "transparent_hugepage=never" boot parameter?
Why not reserving regular hugepages for VMs on boot? then you can use it with vdsm hook for that Oracle VM. It improves VM performance in general, the only drawback is less flexibility since that memory can't be used by others unless they specifically ask for hugepages. Also, I suppose you disable KSM, and I'm not sure about ballooning, unless you need it I'd disable it too. The hook is being improved right now in master, but it should be usable in stable too. Thanks, michal > > Thanks in advance, > Gianluca > _______________________________________________ > Users mailing list > Users@ovirt.org > http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users _______________________________________________ Users mailing list Users@ovirt.org http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users
