[Fedora-xen] Motherboard/Processors/Memory For Dual Processor Xen System

[Bill Davidsen]

Bob Cochran wrote:
> I want to build a new computer system that features dual processors, a
> lot of memory, and is able to run Xen virtualization. Install Fedora and
> Xen as the host on such a machine, and then start running a variety of
> other operating systems as virtual machines.
>
> What dual processor hardware configurations work well with Xen? For
> example will any Supermicro brand dual processor motherboard be hardware
> compatible with Xen? I am thinking of Supermicro boards with Xeon
> processors. Or is there a better brand of motherboard?
>
>    
With 2-4-6 core CPUs out there, do you really need that level of cost 
and complexity? I run an x58 ASUS Sabertooth board with i7-950 CPU and 
24GB ram, and it seems up to most of what I even plan to do. With eight 
threads I can handle lots of VMs, although I am running most with KVM 
rather than xen. Newer boards will go to six (hyperthreaded) cores, but 
I believe only support four sticks of mempry.

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