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Re:Ask HN: help needed on VM placement algorithm by rjprins on Tuesday May 12, 2009 @09:41AM (#605334)
Don't get me wrong, a correct packing algorithm for this is far from trivial!

What would you say is more important: minimizing the amount of slots to move or the number of VM's?

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Re:Ask HN: help needed on VM placement algorithm by kuvkir on Tuesday May 12, 2009 @10:21AM (#605396)
That's not a simple question. But I would guess having one 2-slot migration is better than two 1-slot migrations...
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