Return-Path: X-Original-To: apmail-cloudstack-users-archive@www.apache.org Delivered-To: apmail-cloudstack-users-archive@www.apache.org Received: from mail.apache.org (hermes.apache.org [140.211.11.3]) by minotaur.apache.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 3E499108C4 for ; Thu, 2 Jan 2014 22:29:38 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 22387 invoked by uid 500); 2 Jan 2014 22:29:37 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-cloudstack-users-archive@cloudstack.apache.org Received: (qmail 22355 invoked by uid 500); 2 Jan 2014 22:29:37 -0000 Mailing-List: contact users-help@cloudstack.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Reply-To: users@cloudstack.apache.org Delivered-To: mailing list users@cloudstack.apache.org Received: (qmail 22347 invoked by uid 99); 2 Jan 2014 22:29:37 -0000 Received: from nike.apache.org (HELO nike.apache.org) (192.87.106.230) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Thu, 02 Jan 2014 22:29:37 +0000 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=1.5 required=5.0 tests=HTML_MESSAGE,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: pass (nike.apache.org: domain of motty.cruz@gmail.com designates 209.85.213.176 as permitted sender) Received: from [209.85.213.176] (HELO mail-ig0-f176.google.com) (209.85.213.176) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Thu, 02 Jan 2014 22:29:31 +0000 Received: by mail-ig0-f176.google.com with SMTP id k19so42764603igc.3 for ; Thu, 02 Jan 2014 14:29:10 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; bh=mwVrmQxbp9Wfz5gcn8kCzBFxDeWMa2/bILj5PahYDv8=; b=b3MShbn5IXf2qwynmMxfsmISs/50WfhN+JYxurh3SDS+CE0E3w7aeOJoBWt0sr/kqV sNc7xfxaDUpLejxFErd2D293CFf2hufZ+zPhdthhr/8uWiQTNxmEwcyctoO8FakAPpak tWSvm3qbs69/RIk9jt8Q74FTmfNzfl/EShMKwqw2Z70B5IvCXHx7Z7gyFZnYxoeqS6ia J4dm4rtL8e9m0aXHomVoHwrZW31j7Qah+RzGvLJ7LGjLJUcXhoOweiWaOYZkd1zhQCF5 Uk4ke3F5QWlF9uiccpJBsSRlJtVPHmHPD04mC8mQtw336VLlKJlztw2XCGcdGxGg+YIo 6Zyg== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.50.238.162 with SMTP id vl2mr17566431igc.45.1388701750522; Thu, 02 Jan 2014 14:29:10 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.50.23.46 with HTTP; Thu, 2 Jan 2014 14:29:10 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <52C5E5F8.3070808@sscsinc.com> References: <52C5E5F8.3070808@sscsinc.com> Date: Thu, 2 Jan 2014 14:29:10 -0800 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Over Subscribing (thin provisioning) CPU and Memory From: motty cruz To: users@cloudstack.apache.org Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=001a11335cfc8a439604ef04520e X-Virus-Checked: Checked by ClamAV on apache.org --001a11335cfc8a439604ef04520e Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Hi Ross, http://cloudstack.apache.org/docs/en-US/Apache_CloudStack/4.2.0/html/Admin_Guide/over-provisioning-service-offering-limits.html Thanks, -motty On Thu, Jan 2, 2014 at 2:19 PM, Ross Merrifield wrote: > Greeting CloudStack Users, > > Is it possible to over subscribe the amount of CPU and Memory instances > that I allot to my instances? I believe this is also refereed to as thin > provisioning. For example, can I allot more than 100% of a zone's CPU or > Memory resources? I know that my machines will not be using 100% of their > allotted CPU and memory at any given time, so I would like to use these > "spare" resources elsewhere. > > Does this have anything to do with the "dynamically scalable" options? I'm > thinking not, but I cannot find anything relevant in the official > CloudStack documentation. > > -Ross > --001a11335cfc8a439604ef04520e--