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What is "burstable ram" [message #9992] Fri, 02 February 2007 14:36 Go to next message
mperkel is currently offline  mperkel
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I see VPS vendors talking about "burstable" ram. What exactly does this mean?

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Re: What is "burstable ram" [message #9996 is a reply to message #9992] Fri, 02 February 2007 20:11 Go to previous messageGo to next message
devonblzx is currently offline  devonblzx
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Burstable RAM is RAM your VPS has the ability to use but isn't guaranteed to. Basically it's for spikes in usage not consistent usage like Guaranteed RAM.

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Re: What is "burstable ram" [message #10009 is a reply to message #9992] Sun, 04 February 2007 22:52 Go to previous messageGo to next message
mperkel is currently offline  mperkel
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I guess I'm really asking what settings determine the burstable ram?

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Re: What is "burstable ram" [message #10010 is a reply to message #10009] Mon, 05 February 2007 03:55 Go to previous messageGo to next message
devonblzx is currently offline  devonblzx
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Type this command in your VPS, "cat /proc/user_beancounters".

Privvmpages is burstable RAM, vmguarpages is guaranteed RAM. (Those are the two different settings)

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Re: What is "burstable ram" [message #10011 is a reply to message #10010] Mon, 05 February 2007 03:56 Go to previous messageGo to next message
mperkel is currently offline  mperkel
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Thank you.

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Re: What is "burstable ram" [message #24914 is a reply to message #9992] Tue, 11 December 2007 23:27 Go to previous message
SoftDux is currently offline  SoftDux
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correct me if I'm wrong, but I was under the impression that OpenVZ doesn't use burst RAM, but rather guaranteed RAM?

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