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BigDaddy1
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WinXP SP2 Guests consume 100-250MHZ CPU at idle

Cluster: Four node cluster: BL495cG6 2xOperton 2435 64GB RAM, AMD-V enabled.

I'm a server guy. I'm used to seeing 50mhz on idle win2k3 servers. The desktop folks are running View3 on this cluster and we are moving toward View4.

One hundred or so idle vms eating up 25% of the cycles available to a 4 node cluster makes me wonder what folks with experience using XP on ESX normally see.

I looked at the processes on some idle XP guests and see 95-97% idle. Does XP require more Mhz to idle than 2k3server? Or should I be looking for a config issue?

Thanks!

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