For word processing, there can be multiple threads such as one for formatting text and another thread for processing inputs. What is a physical core? A physical core, also referred to as processing units, within the CPU. A single physical core may correspond to one or more logical cores.
We will get to what a logical core is in the next paragraph. What is a logical core? A logical core makes it possible for a single physical core to perform two or more actions simultaneously.
Logical cores came from the early days of Intel Xeon server processors and Pentium 4 desktop processors which were released in Logical cores made the concept of hyper-threading HTT possible. Hyper-threading is Intel's proprietary simultaneous multithreading implementation and was used to improve parallelization of computations performed on x86 microprocessors. Why is hyper-threading important to virtualization? Before HTT, the sub-components of the core were not to be being used for certain types of instructions and could have been used for long-running instruction.
There are limitations to hyper-threading versus the physical capabilities of the core. How does a vCPU work? Virtual servers and their resource allocation are controlled by what is known as a hypervisor.
We defined hypervisor in more detail above. System administrators can use hypervisors to setup different resource allocations where specific VMs are configured with specific vCPU capabilities. How do you calculate vCPU? What are cores? These questions can be somewhat unclear for those unfamiliar with virtualized servers.
A lot of this will depend on your specific requirements and the manufacturer. In the past, there was a rule of thumb that there were eight vCPUs per core. Today, vCPU count is largely determined by the manufacturer. First, we need to select a virtual server and CPU. Limits can be caused by OS technical design and OS licensing restrictions. Note that there are operating systems that are licensed per-socket and per CPU core for example, Windows Server For older vSphere versions, I recommend using sockets over cores in VM configuration.
Be aware of some configuration features. This automatic configuration is optimal on the underlying physical topology of the server. As a result, VM performance is affected and can degrade. If a guest operating system and other software installed on a VM are licensed on a per-processor basis, configure a VM to use fewer processors with more CPU cores. For example, Windows Server R2 is licensed per socket, and Windows Server is licensed on a per-core basis.
If you use CPU overcommitment in the configuration of your VMware virtual machines, keep in mind these values:. First of all, determine how many logical processors Total number of CPUs of your physical host are needed for a virtual machine for proper work with sufficient performance. Then define how many virtual sockets with processors Number of Sockets in vSphere Client and how many CPU cores Cores per Socket you should set for a VM keeping in mind previous recommendations and limitations.
The table below can help you select the needed configuration. If you need to assign more than 8 logical processors for a VM, the logic remains the same. To calculate the number of logical CPUs in vSphere Client , multiply the number of sockets by the number of cores.
In the navigator, open Hosts and Clusters, and select the needed virtual machine that you want to configure. Right-click the VM, and in the context menu, hit Edit Settings to open virtual machine settings. Click the drop-down menu in the CPU string, and select the total number of needed logical processors for this VM. Cores per Socket. In this string, click the drop-down menu, and select the needed number of cores for each virtual socket processor.
CPU Hot Plug. Remember limitations and requirements. This frequency is the maximum frequency for a virtual machine, even if this VM is the only VM running on the ESXi host or cluster with more free processor resources. The set limit is true for all virtual processors of a VM. If a VM has 2 single-core processors, and the limit is MHz, then both virtual processors work with a total clock speed of one million cycles per second MHz for each core.
This parameter defines the priority of resource consumption by virtual machines Low, Normal, High, Custom on an ESXi host or resource pool. Hardware virtualization. Select this checkbox to enable nested virtualization. This option is useful if you want to run a VM inside a VM for testing or educational purposes. Performance counters. This feature is used to allow an application installed within the virtual machine to be debugged and optimized after measuring CPU performance.
Scheduling Affinity. This option is used to assign a VM to a specific processor. Using this option is deprecated in vSphere 7. On the following screenshot, you see processor configuration for the same Ubuntu VM that was configured before in vSphere Client.
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