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Date: Sun, 28 Dec 2008 14:32:03 -0800
From: Skip Tavakkolian <9nut@9netics.com>
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Subject: Re: [9fans] rio in cpu/auth server in vmware fusion 2.0
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>> but virtualizing
>> multiple cpus doesn't really work well in Parallels or VirtualBox
>> either, nor on VMWare's ESX servers
>
> I'm using both physical cpus on my ESX-based Plan 9 server.  Should I
> be expecting erratic behaviour?

i've had a 4-vcpu vm running xp on a poweredge+esx (2×quad core) for
over a month in operational use.  in my experience esx does a good job
of scheduling multiple cpu's; the vm is running 20 instances of a
cpu-intensive application.

http://communities.vmware.com/docs/DOC-4960