I played with my vcpus=2 setting in the SXP file:
(domain
(on_crash destroy)
(uuid ab005354-d6d2-5bee-e0fc-f16849a2a1bc)
(bootloader_args )
(vcpus 2)
(cpus 1-15)
(name test1)
(on_poweroff destroy)
(on_reboot restart)
(bootloader )
(maxmem 1500)
(memory 1500)
(shadow_memory 32)
(features )
(on_xend_start ignore)
(on_xend_stop ignore)
(start_time 1227150800.97)
(cpu_time 215.178103717)
(online_vcpus 2)
My Machine definition file is
name="test1"
uuid="ab005354-d6d2-5bee-e0fc-f16849a2a1bc"
memory=1500
maxmem=1500
vcpus=2
on_poweroff="destroy"
on_reboot="restart"
on_crash="destroy"
localtime=1
builder="hvm"
extid=0
device_model="/usr/lib/xen/bin/qemu-dm"
kernel="/usr/lib/xen/boot/hvmloader"
boot="c"
disk=[ ''file:/xen/test1/disk2,hda,w'',
''file:/suse/en_win_srv_2003_r2_enterprise_with_sp2_cd1_X13-05460.iso,hdc:cdr
om,r'', ]
vif=[ '''', ]
stdvga=0
vnc=1
vncunused=1
apic=1
acpi=1
pae=1
usb=1
usbdevice=''tablet''
I am using the GPLPV driver, latest version from 48 hours ago, pre-4.
Federico
-----Original Message-----
From: xen-users-bounces@lists.xensource.com
[mailto:xen-users-bounces@lists.xensource.com] On Behalf Of Oliver Wilcock
Sent: Monday, November 24, 2008 11:12 AM
To: xen-users@lists.xensource.com
Subject: [Xen-users] Re: XEN ans Windows SMP
> Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2008 08:01:35 -0500
> From: "Venefax" <venefax@gmail.com>
>
> There is an amazing problem between XEN and Windows 2003 SMP. For
> instance, a 1 CPU Windows VM takes 0.7 percent while running idle, but if
> you add a second CPU, still idle, the percentage shoots up to 3.6%. As a
> result, you can only have a few Windows SMP machines. Is there a solution
> to make the SMP simulation more efficient in XEN?
> Federico
By SMP so you mean you are using a non-ACPI HAL? (perhaps acpi=0 in your
config?) Or do you mean you played with the vcpus=2 setting?
CPU AMD 64?
64 bit hypervisor?
32 bit Windows?
Linux distribution and Xen version?
I''m trying to find out why my experience with a 64 bit hypervisor and
32
bit Windows gives such lousy performance (I''ve seen a few other people
mention it, but I believe most don''t have the problem).
When using an ACPI Multiprocessor HAL I see idle CPU usage (xm top) closer
to 112% when vcpus=2 and the DomU guest VM is sluggish. I''m using SLES
10
SP2 on AMD X2 with ASUS M2N-LR. I plan to experiment with other CPUs and
kernels when I have a chance.
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