On 11/19/2010 01:43 AM, Ben McGinnes wrote: > On 19/11/10 11:01 AM, Kenni Lund wrote: >>> Do you have a rule of thumb as to how many core to assign >>> to a guest? For instance, with an Intel x5650 with 6 real >>> and 12 hyperthreaded cores, how many cores would you assign >>> to the guest? >> >> It fully depends on the load of your guests and how many guests you >> want/need to run on a single server. > > It also depends on what each guest is doing. Some software, like the > Postfix MTA, has issues with the timer in a VM and in circumstances > like that you want to minimise the number of cores if you can't skip > the use of the VM entirely. > > Kenni is right, though, test it and see whatever works best for your > project. > > > Regards, > Ben > Thank you!