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Vsphere hosts and different processors
Can you Vmotion between hosts if the hosts have different intel processors & ram amounts? Both are 64 bit compatible but one is a core 2 duo 2.6GHZ and the other is quad core 2.4 GHZ. One has 4 gbs other has 8gb of ram. The VMs are going to be assigned as either single or dual core with 1 GHZ reservations
This is for learning and not production. I currently don't have the budget to setup up another identical machine
This is for learning and not production. I currently don't have the budget to setup up another identical machine
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Other option is to viirtualized a vpshere host and then add it in a EVC cluster. Since the ESX host is virtual the cpu should show up as a xeon.
Yes, but then you are not really going to be testing it properly. In any case, an imcompatibility may only mean that you can't vMotion while the VM is running. But you can if the VM is powered off. Since you are only testing, it may be ok!
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Anyway ... check on eBay ... you might find a few bargains ;-)
For the sake of testing, you can actually install vsphere in workstation7, fully supported by vmware
With the help of software based NAS like Openfiler, you can present shared storage to both virtual esx hosts and vmotion for fun!
One thing you need is, extra ram on your desktop/laptop
You can run everything on a single 4GB host but performance is not so good, I've tested it on 2x identical 4GB laptop, it works great!
With the help of software based NAS like Openfiler, you can present shared storage to both virtual esx hosts and vmotion for fun!
One thing you need is, extra ram on your desktop/laptop
You can run everything on a single 4GB host but performance is not so good, I've tested it on 2x identical 4GB laptop, it works great!
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the thing is i have a desktop already that's running vsphere host but it's a qaud core. I have an extra laptop but it's dual -core. i
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Based on the group,
my desktop: Q6600 Quad is 65 nm, with SS3 no ss4 = group b
my laptop: Core 2 Duo T9600 is 45nm, with ss3, ss4 = group c
based on that, i can do do vmotion by doing the following below:
For B<->C VMotion, apply SSE4.1 mask.
correct?
my desktop: Q6600 Quad is 65 nm, with SS3 no ss4 = group b
my laptop: Core 2 Duo T9600 is 45nm, with ss3, ss4 = group c
based on that, i can do do vmotion by doing the following below:
For B<->C VMotion, apply SSE4.1 mask.
correct?
Wow you are very fast learner :)
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thanks, i'll give it a try and see what happens
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