Frank Cox wrote: > On Mon, 23 May 2016 10:51:57 -0400 > m.roth at 5-cent.us wrote: > >> We would like to run a container on a server, the reason being the >> COST of a Sybase license (it's by core), and what we can afford is a 4-core >> license. Now, the server's a nice Dell w/ 32 cores, so, ideally, what >> we want to do is set up containers, then, in one container, *only* have >> it see 4 cores, while the rest of the server, including (possibly) >> other containers, can see the other 28. The first try seems to have >> disabled *all* the cores other than those four. > > You can do that with Virtual Box. I haven't tried it with anything else, > but Virtual Box allows you to set (and change) the number of cores > available to the session. My manager's been looking at containers - he doesn't want the overhead, both system usage and system maintenance, of a VM. Isn't VB a VM? mark