Re: [Xen-users] Swap: create or not?

[George Shuklin <george.shuklin@xxxxxxxxx>]

Yes, swap is almost mandatory - it will save machine from state 'very
low mem'. From my research (mostly on XCP) this state may cause
unstability for some kernels, causing OOM_killer to kill many processes
(sometimes including init - means kernel panic). Swap reducing chances
to get to this state.

Second very important point: ballooning. When ballooning (inflating
balloon = reduce mem) occur, if kernel have no free address space it can
invoke OOM_killer. Swap will save in case slightly wrong values for
balloon.

Ð ÐÑ., 11/02/2011 Ð 10:12 +0000, Mauro ÐÐÑÐÑ:
> When creating a DomU I've always set a swap.
> Do you think it is necessary to have a swap in the DomU?
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