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Method and system for memory oversubscription for virtual machines

US9501224B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateApr 3, 2013
Grant dateNov 22, 2016
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Expiry dateApr 3, 2033

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F2009/45583
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method for oversubscribing a host memory of a host running a virtual machine monitor (VMM), comprising, examining a virtual machine (VM) memory for a VM for metadata associated with the VM memory, the metadata maintained by a guest OS running on the VM, collecting the metadata for the VM memory, and managing the VM memory using the metadata for oversubscribing a host memory.

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