Xen virtualized RHEL server decreases the RAM size over time due to "xen_balloon" module.

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • The total Memory on the server was 64G but over the time it reduces to 32GB

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • Xen Hypervisor

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