Re: [Users] oVirt Node (HyperVisor) - Memory Usage

-----Original Message----- From: Alex Leonhardt [alex.tuxx@gmail.com] Received: Friday, 11 Jan 2013, 11:28 To: oVirt Mailing List [users@ovirt.org] Subject: [Users] oVirt Node (HyperVisor) - Memory Usage Hi All, I've just had a little check on a hyper-visor (based on Centos 6.3) VDSM versions: vdsm.x86_64 4.10.0-0.44.14.el6 vdsm-cli.noarch 4.10.0-0.44.14.el6 vdsm-python.x86_64 4.10.0-0.44.14.el6 vdsm-xmlrpc.noarch 4.10.0-0.44.14.el6 BUT - my concern is more that a VMs virtual memory (VSZ) allocation is much higher than that of its configuration ? qemu 24233 11.0 1.0 *3030420* 1008484 ? Sl 2012 2189:02 /usr/libexec/qemu-kvm -S -M rhel6.3.0 -cpu Conroe -enable-kvm *-m 2048*-smp 4,sockets=1,cores=4,threads=1 -name Alex -- | RHCE | Senior Systems Engineer | www.vcore.co | www.vsearchcloud.com | Alex, What usage do you see and what did you configure?

qemu 24233 11.0 1.0 *3030420* 1008484 ? Sl 2012 2189:02 /usr/libexec/qemu-kvm -S -M rhel6.3.0 -cpu Conroe -enable-kvm *-m 2048*-smp 4,sockets=1,cores=4,threads=1 -name above example shows ~3 Gig VSZ but only 2048m are actually configured ... if i'm not too blind and dumb :) ... 3030420 kb = 2959.39 mb ... and that's not what is configured as the VMs max allowed ram ... Alex

------=_Part_5028320_994226604.1358234237473 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Alex, Interesting, we'll need to look into it. Do you mind opening a BZ? I'll see that it's routed to the relevant people. Thanks! Doron ----- Original Message -----
From: "Alex Leonhardt" <alex.tuxx@gmail.com> To: "Doron Fediuck" <dfediuck@redhat.com> Cc: "oVirt Mailing List" <users@ovirt.org> Sent: Monday, January 14, 2013 7:41:40 PM Subject: Re: [Users] oVirt Node (HyperVisor) - Memory Usage
qemu 24233 11.0 1.0 *3030420* 1008484 ? Sl 2012 2189:02 /usr/libexec/qemu-kvm -S -M rhel6.3.0 -cpu Conroe -enable-kvm *-m 2048*-smp 4,sockets=1,cores=4,threads=1 -name
above example shows ~3 Gig VSZ but only 2048m are actually configured ...
if i'm not too blind and dumb :) ... 3030420 kb = 2959.39 mb ... and that's not what is configured as the VMs max allowed ram ...
Alex
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Sure no prob - will do .. On 15 January 2013 07:17, Doron Fediuck <dfediuck@redhat.com> wrote:
Hi Alex, Interesting, we'll need to look into it. Do you mind opening a BZ? I'll see that it's routed to the relevant people.
Thanks! Doron
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*From: *"Alex Leonhardt" <alex.tuxx@gmail.com> *To: *"Doron Fediuck" <dfediuck@redhat.com> *Cc: *"oVirt Mailing List" <users@ovirt.org> *Sent: *Monday, January 14, 2013 7:41:40 PM *Subject: *Re: [Users] oVirt Node (HyperVisor) - Memory Usage
qemu 24233 11.0 1.0 *3030420* 1008484 ? Sl 2012 2189:02 /usr/libexec/qemu-kvm -S -M rhel6.3.0 -cpu Conroe -enable-kvm *-m 2048*-smp 4,sockets=1,cores=4,threads=1 -name
above example shows ~3 Gig VSZ but only 2048m are actually configured ...
if i'm not too blind and dumb :) ... 3030420 kb = 2959.39 mb ... and that's not what is configured as the VMs max allowed ram ...
Alex
-- | RHCE | Senior Systems Engineer | www.vcore.co | www.vsearchcloud.com |

Here you go : https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=895448 Ta! Alex On 15 January 2013 08:54, Alex Leonhardt <alex.tuxx@gmail.com> wrote:
Sure no prob - will do ..
On 15 January 2013 07:17, Doron Fediuck <dfediuck@redhat.com> wrote:
Hi Alex, Interesting, we'll need to look into it. Do you mind opening a BZ? I'll see that it's routed to the relevant people.
Thanks! Doron
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*From: *"Alex Leonhardt" <alex.tuxx@gmail.com> *To: *"Doron Fediuck" <dfediuck@redhat.com> *Cc: *"oVirt Mailing List" <users@ovirt.org> *Sent: *Monday, January 14, 2013 7:41:40 PM *Subject: *Re: [Users] oVirt Node (HyperVisor) - Memory Usage
qemu 24233 11.0 1.0 *3030420* 1008484 ? Sl 2012 2189:02 /usr/libexec/qemu-kvm -S -M rhel6.3.0 -cpu Conroe -enable-kvm *-m 2048*-smp 4,sockets=1,cores=4,threads=1 -name
above example shows ~3 Gig VSZ but only 2048m are actually configured ...
if i'm not too blind and dumb :) ... 3030420 kb = 2959.39 mb ... and that's not what is configured as the VMs max allowed ram ...
Alex
--
| RHCE | Senior Systems Engineer | www.vcore.co | www.vsearchcloud.com |
-- | RHCE | Senior Systems Engineer | www.vcore.co | www.vsearchcloud.com |

On Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 09:02:10AM +0000, Alex Leonhardt wrote:
Here you go : https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=895448
I am not suggesting that 1GB qemu overhead is not interesting, but I do not think this list is the best place to find the answer. I suggest that you specify the libvirt and qemu versions, and take the question - and the bug - to qemu-devel@nongnu.org.
Ta! Alex
On 15 January 2013 08:54, Alex Leonhardt <alex.tuxx@gmail.com> wrote:
Sure no prob - will do ..
On 15 January 2013 07:17, Doron Fediuck <dfediuck@redhat.com> wrote:
Hi Alex, Interesting, we'll need to look into it. Do you mind opening a BZ? I'll see that it's routed to the relevant people.
Thanks! Doron
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*From: *"Alex Leonhardt" <alex.tuxx@gmail.com> *To: *"Doron Fediuck" <dfediuck@redhat.com> *Cc: *"oVirt Mailing List" <users@ovirt.org> *Sent: *Monday, January 14, 2013 7:41:40 PM *Subject: *Re: [Users] oVirt Node (HyperVisor) - Memory Usage
qemu 24233 11.0 1.0 *3030420* 1008484 ? Sl 2012 2189:02 /usr/libexec/qemu-kvm -S -M rhel6.3.0 -cpu Conroe -enable-kvm *-m 2048*-smp 4,sockets=1,cores=4,threads=1 -name
above example shows ~3 Gig VSZ but only 2048m are actually configured ...
if i'm not too blind and dumb :) ... 3030420 kb = 2959.39 mb ... and that's not what is configured as the VMs max allowed ram ...
Alex
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Alex Leonhardt
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Dan Kenigsberg
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Doron Fediuck