I fail to see how the code used stresses a VM system excessively or realistically. Simply writing to memory once and then throwing it away after a time almost never happens in real programs.
A more realistic test would force the VM to get the best working set in limited memory. For example, two processes allocating (and writing random data to) 100% of real memory (each) and regularly accessing 40-55% of that would stress things nicely. Adjust the accessed percentage to test the system in various situations...
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The "utmost in security" or the "utmost insecurity". The second is what I heard when the article was read to me this morning...
A more realistic test would force the VM to get the best working set in limited memory. For example, two processes allocating (and writing random data to) 100% of real memory (each) and regularly accessing 40-55% of that would stress things nicely. Adjust the accessed percentage to test the system in various situations...