Solved: Memory Reservation for View Desktops

nzorn · ‎01-23-2013

"Set the VMware View Master Template with a 50% memory reservation so all VDI machines deployed have a 50% memory reservation"

Source: http://joshodgers.com/2012/12/17/example-architectural-decision-memory-reservation-for-virtual-deskt...

Is anyone else doing this? My template is currently set to 0 for the Memory reservation.

My current setup:
Windows 7 x64
2 vCPU
3GB RAM

So I should set the memory reservation to 1536 and test?

Linjo · ‎01-23-2013

Yes I usually recommend this. You will not notice any big difference in performance but will save your storage because it will only need to create half as big swap-file on disk.

// Linjo

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Linjo · ‎01-23-2013

Yes I usually recommend this. You will not notice any big difference in performance but will save your storage because it will only need to create half as big swap-file on disk.

// Linjo

Best regards, Linjo Please follow me on twitter: @viewgeek If you find this information useful, please award points for "correct" or "helpful".

TomHowarth · ‎01-25-2013

Yes I have been doing this for a while. any more that 50% of RAM will affect performance as you will loose flexibility regarding TPS

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Memory Reservation for View Desktops