Subj : Arch btw
To   : Vorlon
From : Accession
Date : Tue Dec 02 2025 19:56:22

Hey Vorlon!

On Wed, 03 Dec 2025 11:19:42 +1100, you wrote:

 Ac>> I have 8 threads/virtual cores, with 4 VMs and 2 virtual cores
 Ac>> dedicated per VM. Is that not using up all the cores available to
 Ac>> me?

 > This is where I think your getting things confused. The vm's are not set
 > to run on a specific core.

I know they're not. I dedicate 2 cores per VM, and have 8 virtual cores total. VMWare only lets me run 4 VMs at the same time. I'm not sure where the confusion is?

 > They are given x number of cores they can use, and will only see that
 > number. They could be running on core 1,3,5,6 and will not know that. As
 > far as the VM sees it's got access to 4 cores and that's what it
 > will/can use.

Right. When all 4 VMs are running, ESXi doesn't let me setup another VM, because all 8 are being used.

If I were to shut down a VM, then I would probably have 2 cores available to setup a new one, but then I wouldn't be able to run all 5 VMs at the same time. One would always have to be turned off.

 > Translated to VMs, one core = one processing thread.

Yep. I understand all of that. With what I've explained, you see why I am not able to do much more with what I have, unless I take away cores from my current VMs - which I'm not sure I care to do.

Regards,
Nick

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