VM processor selection
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Matguy this is some great information you're providing, thanks! :)
Having never tried it I'm pretty vague about VMware. I would assume that if you had a CPU that supported VT-d you may be able to take advantage of the various hardware offloading features on a NIC to a greater extent?
The only time I have used VMware was on the, previously mentioned, HP microserver and it was super slick. ;) However the cpu in that quite low powered, no where near the processing capability of the G530.
Steve
Hey, no problem, ESX and ESXi are kind of my baby…
Standard Hardware Offloading (TOE) is supported by ESXi, they just need to be on the HCL. Now, if you're talking about specialized hardware, like, say, the Bigfoot Killer Nics, to get full use out of 'em you'd probably have to use VT-d, I didn't see 'em on the HCL, but I think there's drivers out for 'em.