Depends on the xen guests. paravairtualised guests have better performance
than fully virtualised ones.
In this case, a VT/AMD-V enabled chip will do nothing to increase perf.
Will you guests be 64 or 32 bit?
What will they be running CPU wise? Mostly idle or busy?
On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 11:57 AM, Denis Hennessy <dhennessy at gmail.com>wrote:
> Hi Guys,
>> I'm purchasing a new server to host a number of xen clients and I'm having
> trouble deciding which processor option to pick.
>> Here's the choices:
>> Dual core or quad core?
> Dual processor or single?
> Intel or AMD?
> Which model within each range?
> Processor speed?
>> The host will be managing a number of xen instances, which will be idle
> most of the time but should be responsive when used. I don't mind putting
> plenty memory in it so that each instance isn't swapping but the processor
> choice isn't as obvious.
>> Any advice welcome.
>> Denis
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