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Re: [Xen-users] As load on Dom1 increases the load on Dom0 also increase

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Subject: Re: [Xen-users] As load on Dom1 increases the load on Dom0 also increases
From: "Ulrich Windl" <ulrich.windl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2007 11:32:57 +0100
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On 22 Jan 2007 at 17:18, Shweta Kumari, Noida wrote:

> We have observed that as the load on Dom1 increases the load on Dom0
> also increases. 
> 
> Is this obvious behavior? What are the reasons for this kind of
> scenario? Is this due to routing of incoming requests for DomU through
> Dom0.

Hi!

If you consider that "Dom0 serves the DomUs", this should be fully 
understandible: 
In order to process requests (disk, net, CPU), Dom0 must consume some resources.
Virtual CPUs only work if there's some real CPU behind them.

Ulrich


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