What are the advantages of Intel Hardware Virtualization ?

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brosen · #1 Post by **brosen** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 9:59 pm

I have an X60 T7200 (Core2Duo 2Ghz) , and I did enable the Intel Hardware Virtualization in the BIOS configuration.

What are the advantages ?
Which software I need to use it or to take advantage of it ?
Do I need special OS like Vista ?
Does VMware take advantage of it ?

Thanks

#2 Post by **tomh009** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 10:01 pm

It only makes a difference for virtualization software like VMware or VirtualPC.

brosen · #3 Post by **brosen** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 10:03 pm

tomh009 wrote:It only makes a difference for virtualization software like VMware or VirtualPC.

How ?, I use a lot VMware 5.5, please explain, thanks

kulivontot · #4 Post by **kulivontot** » Fri Jan 26, 2007 1:44 am

if you enable virtualization, then one of the cores of the processor can run code in VMWare natively, making the performance very close to the performance outside of a virtualized system. If you don't run VMWare, this feature is worthless.

brosen · #5 Post by **brosen** » Fri Jan 26, 2007 1:28 pm

kulivontot wrote:if you enable virtualization, then one of the cores of the processor can run code in VMWare natively, making the performance very close to the performance outside of a virtualized system. If you don't run VMWare, this feature is worthless.

Thanks, that means the Virtual Machine in VMware 5.5 must be created with 1 or 2 CPUs ?, VMware will use this functionality automatically or I have to do something ?, thanks

tamasrepus · #6 Post by **tamasrepus** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 6:18 pm

I believe it's automatic, provided your copy of VMWare supports it.

What are the advantages of Intel Hardware Virtualization ?

What are the advantages of Intel Hardware Virtualization ?

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