[Gllug] Constrained virtual machines

[Alain Williams]

On Thu, Nov 30, 2006 at 03:05:11PM +0000, Richard Huxton wrote:
> Is anyone using VM technology that provides limits on CPU and I/O as 
> well as memory usage?
> 
> What I'd like to be able to do is run a set of database tests with 
> varying configuration settings. I'm not really concerned with absolute 
> numbers, but I'll need to scale CPU and I/O to generate some useful figures.
> 
> Any ideas that don't involve an IBM mainframe (and do involve 
> Linux/BSD)? Free/open is good but $$$/closed might well be acceptable.

Xen ?

I recently got M$ XP running under Xen, works OK: no sound or fast graphics
but web browsing, word processing (ooo), ... is fine. For fun I hasten to
say: no real intention of using it in anger.

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Alain Williams
Parliament Hill Computers Ltd.
Linux Consultant - Mail systems, Web sites, Networking, Programmer, IT Lecturer.
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