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John_Santana
Level 6
11 years ago

EV 10 server CPU assignment on Virtual Machine

Hi people, I need your suggestion here to know which combination can give more or better performance for a Windows Server 2012 R2 Virtual Machine for EV 10 install ?

Option 1:
Number of virtual sockets: 4
Number of cores per socket: 1 

Option 2:
Number of virtual sockets: 2
Number of cores per socket: 2 

Option 3:
Number of virtual sockets: 1
Number of cores per socket: 4 


Based on this page: http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=HOWTO57928

Thanks in advance

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  • AndrewB's avatar
    AndrewB
    11 years ago

    it's really going to come down to how your VMware hosts are configured and how the other guests that live on the hosts are configured. in general, EV wants cores. as many cores as you can give it, it'll use. but your physical hardware and the design of your virtual environment will dictate how you carve up your CPUs/cores

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    AndrewB
    Moderator
    11 years ago

    it's really going to come down to how your VMware hosts are configured and how the other guests that live on the hosts are configured. in general, EV wants cores. as many cores as you can give it, it'll use. but your physical hardware and the design of your virtual environment will dictate how you carve up your CPUs/cores

  • John_Santana's avatar
    John_Santana
    Level 6
    11 years ago

    Thanks Andrew,

    I'm using HP Blade Server BL 460c G8 with the following CPU specs:

    16 CPUs x 2.599 GHz
    CPU sockets: 2
    Cores Per Sockets: 8
    Logical Processor: 32
    Hyperthreading: Active

  • AndrewB's avatar
    AndrewB
    Moderator
    11 years ago

    that's a nice blade but i was giving you general guidelines. EV is going to see the cores you want to give it as cores. it's not going to know/care/act differently if it's 1x4, 2x2, or 4x1. that's all up to your Vmware environment.

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      bojo2112jon
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      3 years ago

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