Temporarily Overcommitting Resource Coefficients

This feature is exclusive to DaDesktop Private Server (DDPS) and DaDesktop On-Premise (DDOP).

 

As courses grow more complex and demand greater processing power—especially when using nested virtualisation or supporting a large number of high-performance trainee desktops—you might occasionally encounter an error like this :

The warning targets CPU, memory, or disk space. When this happens, your initial step should be to move the affected machine(s) to a server or data centre with lighter load, or scale back resource needs if feasible.

If neither option works, and your running units are only slightly beyond the usual maximum limit, you can temporarily overcommit one or more coefficients for CPU, memory, or disk. You can do this via the GUI as shown below.

Navigate to /da/admin/servers/all, click the Edit button for your server, and then scroll down to this section.

The server list also displays which servers are using overcommitted coefficients in Romania. This is handy when you need to clear them after a course ends, allowing you to reset the coefficients to their defaults.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Treat any adjustments as a temporary workaround, not a permanent fix for insufficient resources. Once the course is over, revert any changes that were made to allow it to proceed.
 

DaDesktop On-Premise Prerequisites

The overcommitting feature relies on tpapi, a component within the DaDesktop codebase. Currently, tpapi only supports Python 3.12, so the host operating system must be at least Ubuntu 23.10.