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[Alex Bame <alex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Jay,

I think what you're looking for is called "overcommit":
http://docs.openstack.org/trunk/openstack-ops/content/overcommit.html

OpenStack will allow you to allocate more memory to instances than actually
exists on the host.

--Alex


On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 7:47 PM, Jay Kumbhani <jkumbhani@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Razique,
>
> So can it be possible to create Flavors that uses swap space as memory
> allocation and not the real physical memory?
>
> Provide some insights and steps to configure.
>
> Thanks
> Jay
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> On May 21, 2013, at 9:01 PM, Razique Mahroua <razique.mahroua@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
> You can create flavors with a swap size that will be created when the
> instance boots up!
>
> *Razique Mahroua** - **Nuage & Co*
> razique.mahroua@xxxxxxxxx
> Tel : +33 9 72 37 94 15
>
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>
> Le 21 mai 2013 à 12:52, JuanFra Rodriguez Cardoso <
> juanfra.rodriguez.cardoso@xxxxxxxxx> a écrit :
>
> Maybe "swap space"?
>
> ---
> JuanFra
>
>
> 2013/5/21 Razique Mahroua <razique.mahroua@xxxxxxxxx>
>
>> Hey Jay,
>> what do you mean by "virtual memory"?
>>
>> regards,
>>
>> *Razique Mahroua** - **Nuage & Co*
>> razique.mahroua@xxxxxxxxx
>> Tel : +33 9 72 37 94 15
>>
>> <NUAGECO-LOGO-Fblan_petit.jpg>
>>
>> Le 21 mai 2013 à 11:29, Jay Kumbhani <jkumbhani@xxxxxxxxx> a écrit :
>>
>> Is there a way to use virtual memory for instances running on openstack?
>>
>> Thanks
>> Jay
>>
>> Sent from my iPad
>>
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