> On 13 Mar 2020, at 18:55, Alan G <alan+ov...@griff.me.uk> wrote:
> 
> I've observed that oVirt considers cache/buffer memory as "used”.

Where do you see that?

> So a host can report, for example, 10% memory utilisation when hosting 0 VMs. 
> A reboot of the host will of course free all that memory and the host will 
> again report something close to 0%.
> 
> This caused me a shock a few weeks ago when I thought my cluster was running 
> out of memory.
> 
> Given that the kernel will give back the buffer memory as required, is it not 
> perhaps a bit misleading to count it as "used"?

it is not counted as used, 
https://github.com/oVirt/vdsm/blob/95d734bace00b87a17d333ac1871a489b1812160/lib/vdsm/host/api.py#L131
 
> 
> 
> ---- On Fri, 13 Mar 2020 17:47:34 +0000 Michal Skrivanek 
> <michal.skriva...@redhat.com> wrote ----
> 
> > On 10 Mar 2020, at 15:46, Noua TOUKOUROU <noua.toukou...@uni.lu 
> > <mailto:noua.toukou...@uni.lu>> wrote: 
> > 
> >  
> > Hi, 
> > 
> > My ovirt engine is showing wrong host's memory usage. Even when this one 
> > has no VM. 
> > How to fix it ? 
> 
> What’s wrong with it? 
> 
> > 
> > Thanks 
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