RHEV 3.3 KSM control with MOM, the Memory Overcommitment Manager

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Introduction

KSM (Kernel SamePage Merging) allows KVM guest virtual machines to share identical memory pages. This is especially useful when running multiple guests from the same or similar base operating system image. Because memory is shared, the combined memory usage of the guests is reduced. KSM is a new Linux feature which turns this concept on its head. It enables the kernel to ...

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