Sent: 04/02/2006
From: David Cornes
Message:How many procs do you have currently? My thought would be that even if it is
"the fastest Intel processor on the market" it will be kept pretty busy if
it's being asked to run two OSes, a SQL, and an IIS server all at the same
time. Do you have Hyperthreading enabled if it supports it?
"Nina Chandler" wrote:
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> I turned on the virtual server guest OS. The CPUU utilisation is averaging
> around 64% - and the server is not even under load.
>
> Should I panic? I got the fastest Intel processsor in the market right now.
>
> Should I add anonther processor?
>
> I only have one guest OS - and it has SQL and IIS running on it.
>
>
>
Sent: 04/03/2006
From: "Mike Sterling [MSFT]" <(email address - cut out)>
Message:Are the Virtual Machine Additions installed in the guest?
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Mike
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"David Cornes" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
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> How many procs do you have currently? My thought would be that even if it
> is
> "the fastest Intel processor on the market" it will be kept pretty busy if
> it's being asked to run two OSes, a SQL, and an IIS server all at the same
> time. Do you have Hyperthreading enabled if it supports it?
>
>
> "Nina Chandler" wrote:
>
>> I turned on the virtual server guest OS. The CPUU utilisation is
>> averaging
>> around 64% - and the server is not even under load.
>>
>> Should I panic? I got the fastest Intel processsor in the market right
>> now.
>>
>> Should I add anonther processor?
>>
>> I only have one guest OS - and it has SQL and IIS running on it.
>>
>>
>>
Sent: 04/04/2006
From: "Nina Chandler" <(email address - cut out)>
Message:Addtions are installed on the guest.
However, utilisation has come down to a more lower figure when not under
load.
I suspect at the time it ran at 64%, it was probably running a processor
intensive task (such as the SQL rebuilding the index or something).
NC
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> Are the Virtual Machine Additions installed in the guest?
>
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> Thanks,
>
> Mike
>
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> "David Cornes" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
> news:(email address - cut out)...
>> How many procs do you have currently? My thought would be that even if it
>> is
>> "the fastest Intel processor on the market" it will be kept pretty busy
>> if
>> it's being asked to run two OSes, a SQL, and an IIS server all at the
>> same
>> time. Do you have Hyperthreading enabled if it supports it?
>>
>>
>> "Nina Chandler" wrote:
>>
>>> I turned on the virtual server guest OS. The CPUU utilisation is
>>> averaging
>>> around 64% - and the server is not even under load.
>>>
>>> Should I panic? I got the fastest Intel processsor in the market right
>>> now.
>>>
>>> Should I add anonther processor?
>>>
>>> I only have one guest OS - and it has SQL and IIS running on it.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>
>
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