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Subject: Re: [pve-devel] auto ballooning && ksm thresholds both at 80%
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> Currently both are at 80%,
> that mean that ballooning is vm reducing memory fast, and ksm don't
> have time to run.
> 
> as ballooning is a lot more intrusive than ksm, I wonder if it couldn't
> be set to something like 90%.

That sounds reasonable to me, but can you see that theoretical effect when you run your test?