Re: Distro kernel and 'virtualization server' vs. 'server that sometimes runs virtual instances' rant (was: Re: Re: [GIT PULL] Xen APIC hooks (with io_apic_ops))

[Tim Post <echo@echoreply.us>]

Sorry, hit send too quickly:

On Mon, 2009-06-01 at 00:44 +0800, Tim Post wrote:

> So in a large way, I think Dan is correct. If a client bought the use of
> memory and barely uses it, I'd rather give them a discount for giving
> some back, enabling me to set up another domain on that node. But don't
> get me wrong, I'd never dream of doing that 'automagically' :)

I meant to add, if an overcommit feature could just make and log
suggestions, it would eliminate a ton of userspace hackery. Thus, it
would be very useful to hosts (albeit in a neutered form).

Most hosts would gladly deal with sed, grep and awk vs libxc and
libxs :)

Cheers,
--Tim