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'''OpenVZ resource management''' is a set of controls providing per-[[container]] resource accounting and limiting. This is required for multiple containers to coexist gracefully on a single [[host system]].
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OpenVZ resource management includes these four primary controllers:
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* [[User beancounters]] (and [[VSwap]])
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* [[Disk quota]]
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* [[CPU Fair scheduler]]
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* [[I/O priorities]] and [[I/O limits]]
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OpenVZ administrators can also use the following mainstream Linux mechanisms:
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* [[Traffic accounting with iptables]]
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* [[Traffic shaping with tc]]
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[[Category:Resource management]]
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[[Category:Kernel]]

Latest revision as of 11:10, 13 December 2013

OpenVZ resource management is a set of controls providing per-container resource accounting and limiting. This is required for multiple containers to coexist gracefully on a single host system.

OpenVZ resource management includes these four primary controllers:

OpenVZ administrators can also use the following mainstream Linux mechanisms: