[libvirt-users] experience with balloon memory ?

[Lentes, Bernd]

Hi ML,

i'm thinking about using balloon memory for our domains. We have about 15 domains running concurrently,
and i think it might be nice if a domain requires more RAM it grabs it, and if it don't need it anymore, it releases it.
But i have no experience with it. So i have some questions:

- is live migration possible with balloon ?
- is it stable ?
- the domain needs an appropriate driver i think ?
- are there drivers for Windows 7 and 10 ?
- are there drivers for Linux, which kernel version do i need ?
- does someone have experience with it ? Is there a kind of "best practise" ?

Thanks.


Bernd


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