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Re: [Xen-users] I/O and Network control on VM

To: howard chen <howachen@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-users] I/O and Network control on VM
From: "Fajar A. Nugraha" <fajar@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 13 Jun 2009 18:50:47 +0700
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On Sat, Jun 13, 2009 at 5:01 PM, howard chen<howachen@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> 1. Is it possible to limit bandwidth of user, e.g. say limit a VM to
> use at most 10GB of bandwidth each day?

No. You'd need to use whatever method you use for managing normal
pyhysical machines for that (usually involves snmp).

Newer Xen can do rate limiting though, similar to that on
routers/switches. Run "xm create --help_config", look for vif.

> 2. How about I/O limit? Seem xen currently has no way to limit user I/O usage?

Your best bet (for now) is probably something like
http://people.valinux.co.jp/~ryov/dm-ioband/

-- 
Fajar

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