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[Xen-users] overcommiting vcpus

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Subject: [Xen-users] overcommiting vcpus
From: "James Harper" <james.harper@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2009 20:24:42 +1100
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My test box has an AMD dual core processor in it, giving me 2 physical
cpu's.

If I overcommit the vcpu's (eg vcpus=4) to simulate a 4 cpu machine, how
accurate a simulation should it be (apart from performance sucking
badly)?

James

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