[Devel] Re: [RFC] CPU hard limits

[Paul Menage]

On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 2:59 AM, Dhaval Giani<dhaval at linux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:
>
> I think we are focusing on the wrong use case here. Guarantees is just a
> useful side-effect we get by using hard limits. I think the more
> important use case is where the provider wants to limit the amount of
> time a user gets (such as in a cloud).
>
> Maybe we should direct our attention in solving that problem? :)
>

Yes, that case and the "predictable load test behaviour" case are both
good reasons for hard limits.

Paul
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