installing VMware - linux SMP - lil advice please

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Hi all,

Nooby cruncher but im looking to stomp some people this week Windows cruncher is pants, so want to install VM ubuntu.

I am following the guide written by Peter Spain (thx for writing so many guides):

http://smp.aeternum.co.uk/guide/4

It advices to install VMware Server, which i have done, im just about to configure it. Now in the guide it says select 2 cores. (im assuming its written for dual cores) So I have a quad core.. if i select 4 will it render my windows useless as all 4 cores will goto the VM Unbuntu?

The machine im running VM on is my work machine but im mainly just in autocad / spreadsheets during the day so 1/2 cores is plenty.

Q6600 @3.2
4gig ram

Should i set like 3cores & 1.1gig ram for VM. (i think i read that u only need 1gig ram for the biggest proteins)

Thx in advance!

 

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VMware server will only let you assign 2 cores to each client (for more than two cores, i think Microsoft's hyper-v is the only solution, and this is a server 2008 product). When the VMs are running, they run just as processes, so you can look at them in task manager. If you set the VM to have two processors, it will only use two cores of your quad, and likewise two VMs would use 4 cores. VMware doesnt lock those cores to the virtual machines - they behave just as normal processes, and are set to a 'normal' priority in task manager by default, so take all the cpu time they need.

This can make windows/other programs a little slow, so i manually change the priority of the VMS to low. In this case, they only use the spare CPU cycles and let other programs use all the cpu time they need. It does slow windows down a little, particularly if there is something that requires a lot of memory, but slowdown is pretty minimal.

Hmm i had a lil trouble opening the VMware server, when i clicked it, it failed because it said the certificate was self validated or something. do i need to change the HTML port as it was 8222 or 8333 prob should have 8080 or something right?

 

[Noto]

thx for the advice, posting on my VM Ubuntu now