> Hi Peter,
> Hyper-V uses hardware based virtualization; the CPU performance compared
> to VMware is in another class.
> It is generally not going to be the bottleneck.
> Hard drive speed and RAM are the main concerns.
> Build a test rig and have a play, you will be impressed.
> Sincerely Steve.
>
> "Peter Hatzis" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
> news:(email address - cut out)...
>> Hello. I would like to ask about Win2008 and Hyper-V.
>> Suppose i have a machine with 2 Xeon Quad core cpu's and all the memory
>> and hdd's i want. Operating system is Win2008 Datacenter Edition.
>>
>> How many virtual machines is suggested to install regarging cpu
>> resources? I realize that if i i install a demanding virtual machine like
>> SQL, will have to assign more cpu resources. But suppose that i am
>> refering to low demands applications. Is there a general guide? For
>> example vmware suggests 2 virtual machines per cpu, 4 in dual cpu
>> machine.
>>
>> Thanks, Peter
>

> The new 64bit CPUs have virtualization functionality built into the chips
> (you can think of this as akin to hardware graphics aceration in video
> cards.)
> Hyper-V will only run on CPUs that support hardware virtualization.
> As I said before, if you are not using CPU intensive applications then you
> can put 10 or 20 onto a core really.
> Otherwise it's "how long is a piece of string" if you get my drift.
>
> "Peter Hatzis" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
> news:(email address - cut out)...
>> Hello Steve, thanks for replying. But you confused me a bit :-)
>> What do you mean by "Hyper-V uses hardware based virtualization; the CPU
>> performance compared to
>> VMware is in another class"
>> I am new to virtualization, sorry if i can't follow you completely
>>
>> Ok, I will use 15K SAS drives and lot's of RAM. But how many virtual
>> machines can i assign per core in general?
>> Regards,Peter
>>
>> "Steve Buckley" <mrnecros(remove-this)@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:(email address - cut out)...
>>> Hi Peter,
>>> Hyper-V uses hardware based virtualization; the CPU performance compared
>>> to VMware is in another class.
>>> It is generally not going to be the bottleneck.
>>> Hard drive speed and RAM are the main concerns.
>>> Build a test rig and have a play, you will be impressed.
>>> Sincerely Steve.
>>>
>>> "Peter Hatzis" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
>>> news:(email address - cut out)...
>>>> Hello. I would like to ask about Win2008 and Hyper-V.
>>>> Suppose i have a machine with 2 Xeon Quad core cpu's and all the memory
>>>> and hdd's i want. Operating system is Win2008 Datacenter Edition.
>>>>
>>>> How many virtual machines is suggested to install regarging cpu
>>>> resources? I realize that if i i install a demanding virtual machine
>>>> like SQL, will have to assign more cpu resources. But suppose that i am
>>>> refering to low demands applications. Is there a general guide? For
>>>> example vmware suggests 2 virtual machines per cpu, 4 in dual cpu
>>>> machine.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks, Peter
>>>
>>
>

> Hello. I would like to ask about Win2008 and Hyper-V.
> Suppose i have a machine with 2 Xeon Quad core cpu's and all the memory
> and hdd's i want. Operating system is Win2008 Datacenter Edition.
>
> How many virtual machines is suggested to install regarging cpu resources?
> I realize that if i i install a demanding virtual machine like SQL, will
> have to assign more cpu resources. But suppose that i am refering to low
> demands applications. Is there a general guide? For example vmware
> suggests 2 virtual machines per cpu, 4 in dual cpu machine.
>
> Thanks, Peter

> Hello Steve, thanks for replying. But you confused me a bit :-)
> What do you mean by "Hyper-V uses hardware based virtualization; the CPU
> performance compared to
> VMware is in another class"
> I am new to virtualization, sorry if i can't follow you completely
>
> Ok, I will use 15K SAS drives and lot's of RAM. But how many virtual
> machines can i assign per core in general?
> Regards,Peter
>
> "Steve Buckley" <mrnecros(remove-this)@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:(email address - cut out)...
>> Hi Peter,
>> Hyper-V uses hardware based virtualization; the CPU performance compared
>> to VMware is in another class.
>> It is generally not going to be the bottleneck.
>> Hard drive speed and RAM are the main concerns.
>> Build a test rig and have a play, you will be impressed.
>> Sincerely Steve.
>>
>> "Peter Hatzis" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
>> news:(email address - cut out)...
>>> Hello. I would like to ask about Win2008 and Hyper-V.
>>> Suppose i have a machine with 2 Xeon Quad core cpu's and all the memory
>>> and hdd's i want. Operating system is Win2008 Datacenter Edition.
>>>
>>> How many virtual machines is suggested to install regarging cpu
>>> resources? I realize that if i i install a demanding virtual machine
>>> like SQL, will have to assign more cpu resources. But suppose that i am
>>> refering to low demands applications. Is there a general guide? For
>>> example vmware suggests 2 virtual machines per cpu, 4 in dual cpu
>>> machine.
>>>
>>> Thanks, Peter
>>
>