topic VSX Resource Control in Firewall and Security Management https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/Firewall-and-Security-Management/VSX-Resource-Control/m-p/120237#M17014 <P>Looking for guidance on configuring resource controls on VSX gateways.&nbsp; Purpose is to limit a lower priority VS consuming too many resources and impacting that of a higher priority VS.</P><P>I have read <SPAN>sk162434 which says R80.30 with kernel 3.1 "is not supported due to known limitation".&nbsp; So we're running R80.40, I know you can review usage via CPView, but is control/configuration still done via the&nbsp;$FWDIR/conf/resctrl file?&nbsp; Or is there a new method now that kernel 3.1 uses&nbsp;Cgroups API?</SPAN></P> Wed, 02 Jun 2021 23:40:46 GMT ShaneM 2021-06-02T23:40:46Z VSX Resource Control https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/Firewall-and-Security-Management/VSX-Resource-Control/m-p/120237#M17014 <P>Looking for guidance on configuring resource controls on VSX gateways.&nbsp; Purpose is to limit a lower priority VS consuming too many resources and impacting that of a higher priority VS.</P><P>I have read <SPAN>sk162434 which says R80.30 with kernel 3.1 "is not supported due to known limitation".&nbsp; So we're running R80.40, I know you can review usage via CPView, but is control/configuration still done via the&nbsp;$FWDIR/conf/resctrl file?&nbsp; Or is there a new method now that kernel 3.1 uses&nbsp;Cgroups API?</SPAN></P> Wed, 02 Jun 2021 23:40:46 GMT https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/Firewall-and-Security-Management/VSX-Resource-Control/m-p/120237#M17014 ShaneM 2021-06-02T23:40:46Z Re: VSX Resource Control https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/Firewall-and-Security-Management/VSX-Resource-Control/m-p/120402#M17063 <P>The issue with Resource Control on VSX not being supported was specific to R80.30 with the 3.10 kernel.<BR />I would assume since cpview itself is using cgroups, we're probably using it as well.<BR />However, not familiar with the method we use now, will ask around.</P> Sat, 05 Jun 2021 02:19:38 GMT https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/Firewall-and-Security-Management/VSX-Resource-Control/m-p/120402#M17063 PhoneBoy 2021-06-05T02:19:38Z Re: VSX Resource Control https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/Firewall-and-Security-Management/VSX-Resource-Control/m-p/120414#M17069 <P>I thought this was no longer available from R80.40 and above?</P> Sat, 05 Jun 2021 19:00:24 GMT https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/Firewall-and-Security-Management/VSX-Resource-Control/m-p/120414#M17069 genisis__ 2021-06-05T19:00:24Z