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Re: [Xen-users] Re: flexible memory management?

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Subject: Re: [Xen-users] Re: flexible memory management?
From: "Ulrich Windl" <ulrich.windl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 09 Feb 2007 09:18:18 +0100
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On 9 Feb 2007 at 2:12, Sven Köhler wrote:

> > Um, remove dom0_mem=128M or set it higher.  The memory allocation is 
> > dynamic and grows down as the DomU's need it.  So set it to something like 
> > 512mb and let Xen reduce it as it needs to.
>
> I am amazed once again!
>
> Why do i read dom0_mem=XYZ everywhere?

Because Linux tried to avoud unused memory? In my case I was unable to start 
DomUs
after Dom0 was working for a while, even though enough "free" memory should have
been present in Dom0 (The machine has 16GB RAM).

>
> Anyway, I'm testing things right now. Looking forward, to see Xen in action.
>
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