Category: Virtualization

TL:DR Cores Cores Cores (but no more than pCPU count) When creating a new virtual machine in VMware ESXi or VMware Workstation, it asks you how may processor cores you wish to set and gives you the option to set both ‘Number of processors‘ and ‘Number of cores per processor‘.…

TL:DR Even with Hyperthreading enabled, do not exceed the amount of PHYSICAL cores your machine has.  The General rule for assigning CPU’s is to keep your virtual cpu count at or lower than your physical cpu count. (VMware blog) . I was curious as to why this was, seeing as…