RE: [Condor-users] Can Condor create more than one VM onsingleprocessor machines?

["Todd Tannenbaum" <tannenba@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

"Ian Chesal" <ICHESAL@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>I've also tried to disable hyperthread counting on our Dell servers by setting COUNT_HYPERTHREADED_CPUS=false and I can confirm that it DOES NOT work. I ended up disabling hyperthreading in the bios.
>
>This is with the 6.7.x series. No clue if this works or not with 6.6.x builds.
>

Hi Ian -

Was this test also on windows?

I think this option works on Linux, but apparently not on Win32.

Regards,
Todd

>- Ian
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>From: condor-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:condor-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Greg.Hitchen@xxxxxxxx
>Sent: July 7, 2005 3:01 AM
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>Subject: Re: [Condor-users] Can Condor create more than one VM on singleprocessor machines?
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>Normally my PC shows 2 VMs with half the total RAM. This is a PIV running WinXP and condor 6.6.10 
>I've tried options 2), 3) and 4) and get: 
>2) works and reports one machine with all RAM 
>3) works and reports one vm1@ with half RAM 
>4) doesn't seem to work, no change, i.e. still 2 VMs with half RAM each 
>Any ideas why 4) isn't working? 
>Cheers 
>Greg 
>*************************** From Matt Hope ***************************************************************** 
>Guess: 
>those machines have HyperThreading enabled. 
>suggestion - 
>1) get it switched off in the BIOS. 
>2) set NUM_CPUS = 1 
>3) set NUM_VIRTUAL_MACHINES = 1 
>4) set COUNT_HYPERTHREAD_CPUS = false 
>I suggest 4 as the cleanest while still let HT stay on but 1 as the 
>safeest (If you don't know about the HT state on a cluster you likely 
>don't want it) 
>If instead you are luckyeenough to have some dual core machines then 
>enjoy having the additional cpu power witbhout the power tradeoffs. If 
>network or disk bandwidth is more important use option 3 to only have 
>one vm per machine 
>Matt 
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