[geeks] Cheap Octocore

[Phil Brutsche]

Lionel Peterson wrote:
> Something else about this server - the base (free) quad core Xeons
> are 5310s, which means they support Intel Virtualization Technology,
> useful for putting a bunch of virtual machines on one physical
> machine (like with Xen Source software, etc.).

Strictly speaking you don't need VT for virtualization...

VT-enabled hosts perform better than non-VT-enabled hosts though, and in
the case of Xen lets you run unmodified guest OSs.

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Phil Brutsche
phil at tux.obix.com