Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 29 Jan 2013 04:26:13 +0200 | From | Izik Eidus <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 0/11] ksm: NUMA trees and page migration |
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On 01/29/2013 02:49 AM, Izik Eidus wrote: > On 01/29/2013 01:54 AM, Andrew Morton wrote: >> On Fri, 25 Jan 2013 17:53:10 -0800 (PST) >> Hugh Dickins <hughd@google.com> wrote: >> >>> Here's a KSM series >> Sanity check: do you have a feeling for how useful KSM is? >> Performance/space improvements for typical (or atypical) workloads? >> Are people using it? Successfully?
BTW, After thinking a bit about the word people, I wanted to see if normal users of linux that just download and install Linux (without using special virtualization product) are able to use it. So I google little bit for it, and found some nice results from users: http://serverascode.com/2012/11/11/ksm-kvm.html
But I do agree that it provide justifying value only for virtualization users...
> > Hi, > I think it mostly used for virtualization, I know at least two > products that it use - > RHEV - RedHat enterprise virtualization, and my current place (Ravello > Systems) that use it to do vm consolidation on top of cloud enviorments > (Run multiple unmodified VMs on top of one vm you get from ec2 / > rackspace / what so ever), for Ravello it is highly critical in > achieving high rate > of consolidation ratio... > >> >> IOW, is it justifying itself? >
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