Method and system for memory oversubscription for virtual machines
US9501224B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 3, 2013 |
| Grant date | Nov 22, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 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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