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Mario Behring
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Jul 30, 2008 10:59 AM

quad-core processors


Hi all,

Which vmware products actually support quad-core processors? Does the free version, VMware Server, supports it?

Also, how does the virtual machines makes use of te quad-core technology?


Mario

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philcox
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1. Jul 30, 2008 11:05 AM in response to: Mario Behring
Re: quad-core processors

Which vmware products actually support quad-core processors? Does the free version, VMware Server, supports it?

I beleive that all versions support it.

Also, how does the virtual machines makes use of te quad-core technology?

There is typically 1 CPU, but up to 4 cores that you can assign to a given Guest/VM


I am running ESX & ESXi on a Quad 6600 and have the ability to assign 1-4 cores to any of my VM's


Phil

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lhedrick
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2. Aug 1, 2008 6:09 AM in response to: Mario Behring
Re: quad-core processors

All VMware products support quad-core processors...

A VM is scheduled time on any available processor. If you have a 1 vCPU VM then you will be scheduled time where ever the scheduler finds a spot. If you have a 2 vCPU VM then the scheduler has to find two free processors...

If you want to use 64-bit operating systems then you may need to enable the virtualization technology in teh systems BIOS, I have found it is normally enabled by default.

Later in the year and into next year there should be six and eight core processors being announced...

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David Ramey
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3. Aug 2, 2008 10:59 PM in response to: Mario Behring
Re: quad-core processors

The free VMWare server product does support quad core processors, but you can only assign 2 virtual processors to any single virtual machine

http://www.vmware.com/pdf/server_admin_manual.pdf

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