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VMWare ESX solves this with a technique called ballooning[0] which is pretty clever. [0]https://www.usenix.org/legacy/publications/library/proceedings/osdi02/t
by habitue 12y ago
VMWare ESX solves this with a technique called ballooning[0] which is pretty clever.
[0]https://www.usenix.org/legacy/publications/library/proceedings/osdi02/tech/full_papers/waldspurger/waldspurger_html/node6.html https://www.usenix.org/legacy/publications/library/proceedin...
- justincormack 12y agoXen has a balloon driver too. I think KVM does now as well.
- wmf 12y agoIf a process refuses to give up allocated memory (which is usually the case), ballooning will cause the app to swap. If the app's heap is fragmented it will thrash to death.