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jaller79
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Sizing Server help - how many CPUS & cores per socket to set

There has been debate in out office over this for a while

 

It seems impossible to get a simple answer here - these are my hosts and I want to get the max power out of them 

Do I go to 64 cpu at 2 x 32 or 1 x 64 

I actually Probably only need 32 max as the load on the VM will take too much form the host but just for hear say - whats the best for fine tuning.

 

Dell Poweredge R640

Physical Sockets = 2 

Logical Processors = 64

I assume that's 2 x 32 cores

I think the correlation of cores to VCPU - is the discussion here 

 

So as long as I don't go more than 32 that directly maps to logical to numa - but what's best here -

32 Vcpu - cores per socket 1

16 Vcpu - cores per socket 2

2 VCpu - cores per socket 16

CPU hot plug enabled 

 

 

Hypervisor:

VMware ESXi, 8.0.1, 22088125

Model:

PowerEdge R640

Processor Type:

Intel(R) Xeon(R) Gold 6226R CPU @ 2.90GHz

Logical Processors:

64

NICs:

4

Virtual Machines:

45

State:

Connected

Uptime:

9 days

 

CPU

64 CPU(s) x Intel(R) Xeon(R) Gold 6226R CPU @ 2.90GHz

Memory

1151.37 GB

 

https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/products/sku/199347/intel-xeon-gold-6226r-processor-22m-cach...

https://www.nakivo.com/blog/the-number-of-cores-per-cpu-in-a-virtual-machine/

https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/2040375

 

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scott28tt
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Is this a question about Aria Automation, general vSphere VMs, or something else?

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