[openstack-dev] libvirt memory ballooning [nova]

Daniel P. Berrange berrange at redhat.com
Fri Jan 16 10:05:14 UTC 2015


On Fri, Jan 16, 2015 at 10:10:34AM +0530, Vikash Kumar wrote:
> All,
> 
>    There is blueprint for enabling  libvirt memory ballooning
> https://blueprints.launchpad.net/nova/+spec/libvirt-memory-ballooning in
> openstack nova. I think for Hyper-V , its already in place. Can we discuss
> about the design and implementation and target for L release?

I think you'll need to write a full spec for this one. The balloon device
will open up alot of questions about how it should be used & what use
cases it will help with & its relation to other mechanisms for memory
limiting.

Regards,
Daniel
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