ML
    • Recent
    • Categories
    • Tags
    • Popular
    • Users
    • Groups
    • Register
    • Login

    Docker or Small VMs

    Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved IT Discussion
    dockercontainerslinux
    39 Posts 8 Posters 8.9k Views
    Loading More Posts
    • Oldest to Newest
    • Newest to Oldest
    • Most Votes
    Reply
    • Reply as topic
    Log in to reply
    This topic has been deleted. Only users with topic management privileges can see it.
    • coliverC
      coliver @hobbit666
      last edited by

      @hobbit666 said:

      @scottalanmiller said:

      Easy way is to start with the recommended minimums and monitor over time. Watch the systems to see what the memory is doing and tune up or down as needed. We have a good idea about certain workloads that we deploy regularly so can set good starting points very easily. But for new workloads, you can put in a reasonable guess and then tune.

      What's the best method to "monitor" the resources in Linux?

      What hypervisor are you using? That will generally tell you when you are maxing out in memory. If not check out:

      top
      

      to see what resources your app is using.

      1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 1
      • stacksofplatesS
        stacksofplates @hobbit666
        last edited by

        @hobbit666 said:

        @scottalanmiller said:

        Easy way is to start with the recommended minimums and monitor over time. Watch the systems to see what the memory is doing and tune up or down as needed. We have a good idea about certain workloads that we deploy regularly so can set good starting points very easily. But for new workloads, you can put in a reasonable guess and then tune.

        What's the best method to "monitor" the resources in Linux?

        Exactly what @coliver said. Htop and glances are also other popular ones.

        coliverC 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 3
        • dafyreD
          dafyre
          last edited by

          I forgot about Glances. I need to set that one back up again.

          1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 1
          • coliverC
            coliver @stacksofplates
            last edited by

            @johnhooks said:

            @hobbit666 said:

            @scottalanmiller said:

            Easy way is to start with the recommended minimums and monitor over time. Watch the systems to see what the memory is doing and tune up or down as needed. We have a good idea about certain workloads that we deploy regularly so can set good starting points very easily. But for new workloads, you can put in a reasonable guess and then tune.

            What's the best method to "monitor" the resources in Linux?

            Exactly what @coliver said. Htop and glances are also other popular ones.

            Yep either of those work too. top is generally installed by default on most *nix systems though so you wouldn't have to install anything new.

            1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 2
            • hobbit666H
              hobbit666
              last edited by

              They will be running on ESXi FREE 5.5update3

              coliverC scottalanmillerS 2 Replies Last reply Reply Quote 0
              • coliverC
                coliver @hobbit666
                last edited by

                @hobbit666 said:

                They will be running on ESXi FREE 5.5update3

                Really? I'm not sure you can get performance information from that host then. I've never seen anyone use the ESXi Free version so I don't know how it interacts with that kind of data.

                1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                • scottalanmillerS
                  scottalanmiller @hobbit666
                  last edited by

                  @hobbit666 said:

                  @scottalanmiller said:

                  Easy way is to start with the recommended minimums and monitor over time. Watch the systems to see what the memory is doing and tune up or down as needed. We have a good idea about certain workloads that we deploy regularly so can set good starting points very easily. But for new workloads, you can put in a reasonable guess and then tune.

                  What's the best method to "monitor" the resources in Linux?

                  For a glance, the free command tells you all that you need to know. To see over time, sar does. To watching it for a while, top or vmstat.

                  1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                  • scottalanmillerS
                    scottalanmiller @hobbit666
                    last edited by

                    @hobbit666 said:

                    They will be running on ESXi FREE 5.5update3

                    I'd start by replacing that 😉

                    hobbit666H 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                    • hobbit666H
                      hobbit666 @scottalanmiller
                      last edited by

                      @scottalanmiller said:

                      @hobbit666 said:

                      They will be running on ESXi FREE 5.5update3

                      I'd start by replacing that 😉

                      BUT I DON'T WANT TO!!!!!!

                      coliverC DashrenderD scottalanmillerS 3 Replies Last reply Reply Quote 0
                      • coliverC
                        coliver @hobbit666
                        last edited by

                        @hobbit666 said:

                        @scottalanmiller said:

                        @hobbit666 said:

                        They will be running on ESXi FREE 5.5update3

                        I'd start by replacing that 😉

                        BUT I DON'T WANT TO!!!!!!

                        You don't have to... but that is going to be a limiting factor in a number of ways. Especially when you are looking at management or want to expand your infrastructure.

                        scottalanmillerS 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                        • DashrenderD
                          Dashrender @hobbit666
                          last edited by

                          @hobbit666 said:

                          @scottalanmiller said:

                          @hobbit666 said:

                          They will be running on ESXi FREE 5.5update3

                          I'd start by replacing that 😉

                          BUT I DON'T WANT TO!!!!!!

                          How are you backing up those servers right now? You can't use most of the free tools because you can't access the backup API in ESXi Free.

                          Converting to Hyper-V is completely free from a software perspective and gives you so many more options.

                          1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                          • scottalanmillerS
                            scottalanmiller @hobbit666
                            last edited by

                            @hobbit666 said:

                            @scottalanmiller said:

                            @hobbit666 said:

                            They will be running on ESXi FREE 5.5update3

                            I'd start by replacing that 😉

                            BUT I DON'T WANT TO!!!!!!

                            Have you used the alternatives? Some of them are seriously smooth.

                            1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                            • scottalanmillerS
                              scottalanmiller @coliver
                              last edited by

                              @coliver said:

                              @hobbit666 said:

                              @scottalanmiller said:

                              @hobbit666 said:

                              They will be running on ESXi FREE 5.5update3

                              I'd start by replacing that 😉

                              BUT I DON'T WANT TO!!!!!!

                              You don't have to... but that is going to be a limiting factor in a number of ways. Especially when you are looking at management or want to expand your infrastructure.

                              Or performance, ease of use....

                              1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 1
                              • 1
                              • 2
                              • 2 / 2
                              • First post
                                Last post