BTW ... Im using Default (kvm64) in cpu config. Is there other option recommended for Windows VMs ? I can not find soem doc related to this. Regards. Leandro.
El lun, 29 mar 2021 a las 10:37, Leandro Roggerone (< lean...@tecnetmza.com.ar>) escribió: > Hi guys , thanks for your words , have some feedback: > > Maybe Proxmox cannot look inside the VM for the actual memory usage > because the VirtIO balloon driver is not installed or active? Or maybe the > other 90% is in use as Windows file cache? > I think so ... > Dont know about windows file cache ... > > Have you installed the VirtIO drivers for Windows? Are you assigning too > many vCPUs or memory? Can you share the VM configuration file? Can you tell > us something about your Proxmox hardware and version? > No , I have not ... now you mentioned im reading about VirtIO , I will > try to install and let you know how it goes > Should install it no my pve box or directly inside windows vm ? > I'm assigning max vCPUs abailables (24 , 4 sockets 6 cores) and 32gb for > memory. > (I really don't know about any criteria to assign vcpus) > > This is VM config file: > > root@pve:~# cat /etc/pve/nodes/pve/qemu-server/107.conf > > bootdisk: ide0 > > cores: 6 > > ide0: local-lvm:vm-107-disk-0,size=150G > > ide1: local-lvm:vm-107-disk-1,size=350G > > ide2: > local:iso/Windows_Server_2016_Datacenter_EVAL_en-us_14393_refresh.ISO,media=cdrom,size=6808810K > > memory: 32768 > > name: KAIKENII > > net0: e1000=1A:F1:10:BF:92:0A,bridge=vmbr3,firewall=1 > > numa: 0 > > ostype: win10 > > scsihw: virtio-scsi-pci > > smbios1: uuid=daf8f767-59c7-4e87-b3be-75d4a8020c38 > > sockets: 4 > > vmgenid: a7634624-1230-4a3e-9e7c-255d32ad2030 > > My PVE is: > CPU(s) 24 x Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU X5680 @ 3.33GHz (2 Sockets) > Kernel Version Linux 5.0.15-1-pve #1 SMP PVE 5.0.15-1 (Wed, 03 Jul 2019 > 10:51:57 +0200) > PVE Manager Version pve-manager/6.0-4/2a719255 > Total Mem = 64GB. > > That's all. > Thanks > > > > > El vie, 26 mar 2021 a las 11:40, Arjen via pve-user (< > pve-user@lists.proxmox.com>) escribió: > >> >> >> >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: Arjen <leeste...@protonmail.ch> >> To: Proxmox VE user list <pve-user@lists.proxmox.com> >> Cc: >> Bcc: >> Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2021 14:39:13 +0000 >> Subject: Re: [PVE-User] Windows sever 2016 vm with very high ram usage >> On Friday, March 26th, 2021 at 15:28, Leandro Roggerone < >> lean...@tecnetmza.com.ar> wrote: >> >> > Hi guys , Just wanted to share this with you. >> > >> >> > After creating a VM for a windows sever 2016 with 32 GB ram I can >> > >> >> > see continuos high memory usage (about 99-100%). >> > >> >> > I have no running task , since it is a fresh server and from task >> manager >> > >> >> > can see a 10% of memory usage. >> > >> >> > Regarding those confusing differences, server performance is very bad. >> >> Maybe Proxmox cannot look inside the VM for the actual memory usage >> because the VirtIO balloon driver is not installed or active? Or maybe the >> other 90% is in use as Windows file cache? >> >> > User experience is very poor with a non fluent user interface. >> > >> >> > Is there something to do / check to improve this ? >> >> Have you installed the VirtIO drivers for Windows? Are you assigning too >> many vCPUs or memory? Can you share the VM configuration file? Can you tell >> us something about your Proxmox hardware and version? >> >> > Any advice would be welcome. >> >> >> Maybe search the forum for similar Windows performance questions? >> >> >> https://forum.proxmox.com/forums/proxmox-ve-installation-and-configuration.16/ >> >> > Thanks. >> >> best of luck, Arjen >> >> >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: Arjen via pve-user <pve-user@lists.proxmox.com> >> To: Proxmox VE user list <pve-user@lists.proxmox.com> >> Cc: Arjen <leeste...@protonmail.ch> >> Bcc: >> Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2021 14:39:13 +0000 >> Subject: Re: [PVE-User] Windows sever 2016 vm with very high ram usage >> _______________________________________________ >> pve-user mailing list >> pve-user@lists.proxmox.com >> https://lists.proxmox.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pve-user >> > _______________________________________________ pve-user mailing list pve-user@lists.proxmox.com https://lists.proxmox.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pve-user
