From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Jan_Kundr=E1t?= Subject: Re: suggested domain0 memory size Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2004 16:38:58 +0100 Message-ID: <41C6F212.2000809@fzu.cz> References: <41BCABD0.6070606@fzu.cz> <41C61809.9090802@enix.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: In-Reply-To: <41C61809.9090802@enix.org> Sender: xen-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Errors-To: xen-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: To: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?J=E9r=F4me_Petazzoni?= Cc: xen-devel List-Id: xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org J=E9r=F4me Petazzoni wrote: >> Thanks, but what do you think about 32MB? >=20 >=20 > I had serious problems with low-memory domain0. It caused problems with= =20 > the backend of the block devices of other domains (those domains got I/= O=20 > errors). I would not go below 64 MB, unless maybe by tweaking VM "will=20 > to swap" to be sure to have enough kernel memory available at anytime. Thanks for feedback. I'm using file-backed VBDs (ie. domains are using=20 files stored under domain0's filesystem). BTW, what is the=20 lowest-memory-hungry filesystem for this usage? Or should be something=20 like LVM better? TIA, jkt --=20 cd /local/pub && more beer > /dev/mouth ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://productguide.itmanagersjournal.com/