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Figure 11.4
h is memory reser-
vation guarantees
1,024 MB of R AM
for the VM.
Figure 11.5
h e memory res-
ervation reduces
the potential need
for VMkernel swap
space by the size of
the reservation.
VM with 4,096 MB RAM
and a 1,024 MB reservation
4 GB
3 GB
Preferentially provided
by physical host RAM
but could be supplied
by VMkernel swap
2 GB
1 GB
Reservation
Must be provided by
physical host RAM
0 GB
