Re: [PLUG] Using dual Processors with VMware?

[Derek Wildstar <dwild+plug@starforce.com>]

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On 13 Feb 2001, Rupert Heesom wrote:

> As some of you know, I run VMware on my PC.   Currently only 1 VM
> configured.
>
> My needs will soon expand to running 2 VMs concurrently....Netware & NT
> WS.
>
> Currently my h/w is barely adequate to run VMware..... 128Mb RAM, PII
> 300 processor.
> If I'm to run a full PC with LInux apps (maybe) and 2 VMs concurrently,
> I know I'll need more RAM, probably try to get an upgrade to 256Mb.
>
> My question is whether I would benefit from dual processors...dual PIIs?
> I assume I would, like I understand VMware likes to have Linux
> configured for SMP.

Probably =)  you probably need more than 256 also, if you run
netscape/mozilla on linux and X....nt5 on this vm is allocated 96m and
with only siebel running (thank god the only reason the vm is on there
now, and that's being phased out too i hear =D)...it's sluggish as
hell....linux only suffers when nt5 gets swappy or when it's booting.  If
i had another processor it would help....but in this case what would help
more is a dedicated disk.  Come to think of it the delay i experience with
linux is because it's fighting with windoze for the single hard disk.

OK that was confusing, it's late and been at work since 10am (it's
midnight).  To sum up....I think a better fix would be a dedicated disk
for each VM, and enough ram for each VM to be comfortable.  Another CPU
wouldn't hurt, but i havn't tried it....and linux's multitasking is really
quite good on my 700mhz laptop when windoze isn't accessing the disk.

hope this helps..
- -dwild
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