Evaluating memory overcommitment in OpenShift Virtualization

28 · Red Hat · April 24, 2025, 7:35 a.m.
Summary
This blog post evaluates memory overcommitment in OpenShift Virtualization, discussing the importance of controlling swap usage to maximize virtual machine (VM) density while avoiding performance degradation. It details experiments with wasp-agent settings and their implications for workload density and performance, emphasizing the careful balance needed when configuring resource allocation for VMs in a Kubernetes environment.