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Re: [Xen-users] Is there a limit on the number of guest domains ?

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Subject: Re: [Xen-users] Is there a limit on the number of guest domains ?
From: Ralph Passgang <ralph@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2006 18:02:22 +0100
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Am Mittwoch, 8. Februar 2006 17:33 schrieb Puthiyaparambil, Aravindh:
> We did a few scalability tests on x86_64 Xen and found that the upper
> limit on DomUs is 87. This is of course on a system that has enough
> system memory to support that many DomUs as Xen does not over-commit
> memory. In our tests each DomU had 64MB of RAM.

interessting... but what happend after domU no. 87? what message/error do you 
saw then? how much memory had your x86_64 testsystem? on wich xen version 
have you made these tests?

i would like to understand why there is such a limit... 

--Ralph

>
> Aravindh
> Unisys, Tredyffrin PA
> E-Mail:  aravindh.puthiyaparambil@xxxxxxxxxx
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Ian Brown [mailto:ianbrn@xxxxxxxxx]
> > Sent: Wednesday, February 08, 2006 10:34 AM
> > To: xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [Xen-users] Is there a limit on the number of guest domains ?
> >
> > Hello,
> > Is there a limit on  on the number of guest domains dom0 can create ?
> > Or is it dependant on the abilities of the machines which runs dom0
> > and the memory parameter with which we create the domain?
> > IB
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