Re: [kvm-devel] windows 2003 smp guest

2007-09-20 Thread Dor Laor
Cc: kvm-devel Subject: Re: [kvm-devel] windows 2003 smp guest Haydn Solomon wrote: I am interested in installing smp windows 2003 server guest and have some questions. 1.Is windows smp guest working and performing well

Re: [kvm-devel] windows 2003 smp guest

2007-09-20 Thread Farkas Levente
Dor Laor wrote: Haydn Solomon wrote: I have a question on guest smp performance. If I have a host with core 2 duo, should a kvm guest perform better using -smp 2 as opposed to not using -smp 2? Well, it depends: In general Avi measured 40% performance increase for using a second cpu in the

Re: [kvm-devel] windows 2003 smp guest

2007-09-20 Thread Luca
On 9/20/07, Farkas Levente [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dor Laor wrote: Haydn Solomon wrote: I have a question on guest smp performance. If I have a host with core 2 duo, should a kvm guest perform better using -smp 2 as opposed to not using -smp 2? Well, it depends: In general Avi

Re: [kvm-devel] windows 2003 smp guest

2007-09-20 Thread Farkas Levente
Luca wrote: On 9/20/07, Farkas Levente [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dor Laor wrote: Haydn Solomon wrote: I have a question on guest smp performance. If I have a host with core 2 duo, should a kvm guest perform better using -smp 2 as opposed to not using -smp 2? Well, it depends: In general

Re: [kvm-devel] windows 2003 smp guest

2007-09-20 Thread Gildas
2007/9/20, Farkas Levente [EMAIL PROTECTED]: can you tell me what does the HAL means here? and what's kind of HAL exists what are the advantage/disadvantages them. how can i change/configure this? Hardware Abstraction Layer. See: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/99588

Re: [kvm-devel] windows 2003 smp guest

2007-09-20 Thread He, Qing
From: Dor Laor [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 2007年9月21日 5:09 To: Haydn Solomon Cc: He, Qing; kvm-devel; Avi Kivity Subject: Re: [kvm-devel] windows 2003 smp guest Haydn Solomon wrote: I have a question on guest smp performance. If I have a host

Re: [kvm-devel] windows 2003 smp guest

2007-09-20 Thread He, Qing
Dor Laor wrote: Haydn Solomon wrote: I have a question on guest smp performance. If I have a host with core 2 duo, should a kvm guest perform better using -smp 2 as opposed to not using -smp 2? Well, it depends: In general Avi measured 40% performance increase for using a second cpu in the

Re: [kvm-devel] windows 2003 smp guest

2007-09-18 Thread Avi Kivity
Haydn Solomon wrote: I am interested in installing smp windows 2003 server guest and have some questions. 1. Is windows smp guest working and performing well at this point in kvm? It's working will with -no-kvm-irqchip. Not so sure without the switch, but we're improving things. I

[kvm-devel] windows 2003 smp guest

2007-09-18 Thread Haydn Solomon
I am interested in installing smp windows 2003 server guest and have some questions. 1. Is windows smp guest working and performing well at this point in kvm? 2. If question 1 above is true, then what HAL should I choose during installation and what other flags should I use when running it?

Re: [kvm-devel] windows 2003 smp guest

2007-09-18 Thread Haydn Solomon
On 9/18/07, Avi Kivity [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Haydn Solomon wrote: On 9/18/07, *Avi Kivity* [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It's working will with -no-kvm-irqchip. Not so sure without the switch, but we're improving things. I haven't

Re: [kvm-devel] windows 2003 smp guest

2007-09-18 Thread Haydn Solomon
On 9/18/07, Avi Kivity [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It's working will with -no-kvm-irqchip. Not so sure without the switch, but we're improving things. I haven't tested performance very thoroughly. What's your workload? My workload medium to high. Running full cisco labs using cisco

Re: [kvm-devel] windows 2003 smp guest

2007-09-18 Thread Avi Kivity
Haydn Solomon wrote: On 9/18/07, *Avi Kivity* [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It's working will with -no-kvm-irqchip. Not so sure without the switch, but we're improving things. I haven't tested performance very thoroughly. What's your workload?

Re: [kvm-devel] windows 2003 smp guest

2007-09-18 Thread Haydn Solomon
Good question. What HALs are available for Windows 2003 SMP? The following are available... acpi multiprocessor pc acpi uniprocessor pc acpi pc mps uniprocessor pc mps multiprocessor pc standard pc other mps multiprocessor may give the best

Re: [kvm-devel] windows 2003 smp guest

2007-09-18 Thread Avi Kivity
Haydn Solomon wrote: Good question. What HALs are available for Windows 2003 SMP? The following are available... acpi multiprocessor pc acpi uniprocessor pc acpi pc mps

Re: [kvm-devel] windows 2003 smp guest

2007-09-18 Thread He, Qing
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Avi Kivity Sent: 2007年9月18日 22:06 To: Haydn Solomon Cc: kvm-devel Subject: Re: [kvm-devel] windows 2003 smp guest Haydn Solomon wrote: I am interested in installing smp windows 2003 server guest and have

Re: [kvm-devel] windows 2003 smp guest

2007-09-18 Thread Haydn Solomon
To: Haydn Solomon Cc: kvm-devel Subject: Re: [kvm-devel] windows 2003 smp guest Haydn Solomon wrote: I am interested in installing smp windows 2003 server guest and have some questions. 1. Is windows smp guest working and performing well at this point in kvm? It's working