>Hi,
>
>I’ve got a Dell Blade with Dual Duad Core processors running win2k3ent but
>each of my hosts only gets one core as it’s processor. This is a bit of a
>problem as I wanted to run 3 terminal servers in Virtual Server 2005 R2. Is
>there anything I can do to get around it? I've turned virtualisation on in
>the BIOS and spoken to Dell Gold support who were as surprised as me that
>these processors aren't using Hyper Threading.
>
>As I see it there are 2 disks running raid 1 at hardware and each server is
>going to get a share in the existing 4GB of RAM and a 1.8GHZ processor so I
>should be able to load a few users in each host. I was gonna setup session
>directory using group policy and have all profiles and data remote on the
>NAS. Anyone see any issues there?
>
>It would be great to get the processor allocation sorted, 2 seprate cores
>for each VM would be nice!
>
>Many thanks.
>
>Greg

> On Thu, 15 Mar 2007 19:13:00 -0700, Greg New
> <(email address - cut out)> wrote:
>
> >Hi,
> >
> >I’ve got a Dell Blade with Dual Duad Core processors running win2k3ent but
> >each of my hosts only gets one core as it’s processor. This is a bit of a
> >problem as I wanted to run 3 terminal servers in Virtual Server 2005 R2. Is
> >there anything I can do to get around it? I've turned virtualisation on in
> >the BIOS and spoken to Dell Gold support who were as surprised as me that
> >these processors aren't using Hyper Threading.
> >
> >As I see it there are 2 disks running raid 1 at hardware and each server is
> >going to get a share in the existing 4GB of RAM and a 1.8GHZ processor so I
> >should be able to load a few users in each host. I was gonna setup session
> >directory using group policy and have all profiles and data remote on the
> >NAS. Anyone see any issues there?
> >
> >It would be great to get the processor allocation sorted, 2 seprate cores
> >for each VM would be nice!
> >
> >Many thanks.
> >
> >Greg
>
> Can't do it with Virtual Server. A VM will always have one CPU in a
> VM, at least until Viridian comes out with Longhorn server.
>
> I believe VM Ware Server will allow you to have 2 CPUs per VM.
>
> --
> Cheers,
> Steve Jain, Virtual Machine MVP
> http://vpc.essjae.com/
>

> Hi Steve,
>
> Cheers for your help. You say processor, I assume you are talking Core's
> rather than physical proc's? If the hosts got a whole physical proc then my
> issues would be over:-)
>
> Cheers,
>
> Greg
>
> "Steve Jain" wrote:
>
> > On Thu, 15 Mar 2007 19:13:00 -0700, Greg New
> > <(email address - cut out)> wrote:
> >
> > >Hi,
> > >
> > >I’ve got a Dell Blade with Dual Duad Core processors running win2k3ent but
> > >each of my hosts only gets one core as it’s processor. This is a bit of a
> > >problem as I wanted to run 3 terminal servers in Virtual Server 2005 R2. Is
> > >there anything I can do to get around it? I've turned virtualisation on in
> > >the BIOS and spoken to Dell Gold support who were as surprised as me that
> > >these processors aren't using Hyper Threading.
> > >
> > >As I see it there are 2 disks running raid 1 at hardware and each server is
> > >going to get a share in the existing 4GB of RAM and a 1.8GHZ processor so I
> > >should be able to load a few users in each host. I was gonna setup session
> > >directory using group policy and have all profiles and data remote on the
> > >NAS. Anyone see any issues there?
> > >
> > >It would be great to get the processor allocation sorted, 2 seprate cores
> > >for each VM would be nice!
> > >
> > >Many thanks.
> > >
> > >Greg
> >
> > Can't do it with Virtual Server. A VM will always have one CPU in a
> > VM, at least until Viridian comes out with Longhorn server.
> >
> > I believe VM Ware Server will allow you to have 2 CPUs per VM.
> >
> > --
> > Cheers,
> > Steve Jain, Virtual Machine MVP
> > http://vpc.essjae.com/
> >

> Hi Steve,
>
> Cheers for your help. You say processor, I assume you are talking Core's
> rather than physical proc's? If the hosts got a whole physical proc then my
> issues would be over:-)
>
> Cheers,
>
> Greg
>
> "Steve Jain" wrote:
>
> > On Thu, 15 Mar 2007 19:13:00 -0700, Greg New
> > <(email address - cut out)> wrote:
> >
> > >Hi,
> > >
> > >I’ve got a Dell Blade with Dual Duad Core processors running win2k3ent but
> > >each of my hosts only gets one core as it’s processor. This is a bit of a
> > >problem as I wanted to run 3 terminal servers in Virtual Server 2005 R2. Is
> > >there anything I can do to get around it? I've turned virtualisation on in
> > >the BIOS and spoken to Dell Gold support who were as surprised as me that
> > >these processors aren't using Hyper Threading.
> > >
> > >As I see it there are 2 disks running raid 1 at hardware and each server is
> > >going to get a share in the existing 4GB of RAM and a 1.8GHZ processor so I
> > >should be able to load a few users in each host. I was gonna setup session
> > >directory using group policy and have all profiles and data remote on the
> > >NAS. Anyone see any issues there?
> > >
> > >It would be great to get the processor allocation sorted, 2 seprate cores
> > >for each VM would be nice!
> > >
> > >Many thanks.
> > >
> > >Greg
> >
> > Can't do it with Virtual Server. A VM will always have one CPU in a
> > VM, at least until Viridian comes out with Longhorn server.
> >
> > I believe VM Ware Server will allow you to have 2 CPUs per VM.
> >
> > --
> > Cheers,
> > Steve Jain, Virtual Machine MVP
> > http://vpc.essjae.com/
> >