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Status Future consideration
Workspace Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS)
Created by Guest
Created on Feb 3, 2025

RELATED IDEAS

Command to force Dynamic Pagepool to shrink to minimum size

When utilizing the dynamic pagepool during IO operations, the pagepool automatically expands until possibly reaching its maximum allocated size. It then remains at that level, even after the IO operations have completed, until additional memory (more than is free) is needed by another application. This behavior can create challenges in two key areas:

  1. Node Cleanup: The process of cleaning up nodes becomes more complex as the pagepool does not automatically shrink after reaching its maximum size.
  2. Health Checks: Monitoring and verifying the health of available memory is more difficult since the pagepool remains at its expanded size (or any size between max and min), even when pagepool memory demand is low.

To address these issues, implementing a command that forces the pagepool to shrink back to its minimum size would be beneficial. This functionality would enable the system to return to a default state more efficiently, ensuring smoother operation via easier transitions between users and applications. 

Idea priority High

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