Is there a way to guarantee a minimum amount of memory to a KVM guest?

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Issue

Is there a way to set the minimum of memory for a KVM virtual machine to not swap out or even the OOM killer will stop processes?

Environment

Host:
* Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Guest:
* Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
* Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

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