Please help me settle this debate. Are VT and cache worth the extra change for home or soho server?
A friend has always stated that a CPU with VT support doesn't add anything to the game unless your running something other than VMware e.g. VirtualPC, Xen, VitualBox etc. After playing with Google for the last hour I'm just going to ask here because I''ve been playing with VMs for the last year and I'd like to have this confirmed/refuted before my next CPU purchase.
Is there any advantage to having a CPU that supports VT?
Where would I see an advantage with more cache on the CPU?
Is the VMs particular work directly related to the above answers, in other words would advantages only be seen when VMs are used for real server work like active databases and other intensive work loads?
I do understand my questions are rather abstract, so how does the example below apply to the earlier questions?
Q6600(VT) vs. Q8200(no VT)
XP 64-bit as the Host OS
Untangle as a VM (think IPsence, WatchGuard, SmoothWall etc.)
Maybe another light VM or two, I am looking at trying to get Boxee, XBMC or MythTV running. Regular home or really small SMB (1-5 employees) traffic and IO.
Thank you all in advance,
haggggler
A friend has always stated that a CPU with VT support doesn't add anything to the game unless your running something other than VMware e.g. VirtualPC, Xen, VitualBox etc. After playing with Google for the last hour I'm just going to ask here because I''ve been playing with VMs for the last year and I'd like to have this confirmed/refuted before my next CPU purchase.
Is there any advantage to having a CPU that supports VT?
Where would I see an advantage with more cache on the CPU?
Is the VMs particular work directly related to the above answers, in other words would advantages only be seen when VMs are used for real server work like active databases and other intensive work loads?
I do understand my questions are rather abstract, so how does the example below apply to the earlier questions?
Q6600(VT) vs. Q8200(no VT)
XP 64-bit as the Host OS
Untangle as a VM (think IPsence, WatchGuard, SmoothWall etc.)
Maybe another light VM or two, I am looking at trying to get Boxee, XBMC or MythTV running. Regular home or really small SMB (1-5 employees) traffic and IO.
Thank you all in advance,
haggggler