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Is there an optimal setting for the number of CPU cores exposed to a VM?
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VirtualBox, and possibly other VM software, allows the user to specify the number of CPUs exposed to the VM. In my particular case, I have a dual core CPU, with Windows 7 64-bit running natively, and Ubuntu 9.04 64-bit as the VM. The help file suggests not setting this above the number of physical …
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The information in this answer is no longer correct. It was correct back in the days of strict co-scheduling, but is no longer the case. I am keeping the answer below for posterity's sake, but please do not rely on it to be accurate for modern hyper…
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