Hi there,
I've just bought a machine that is going to host virtual machines (linux/Xen)
I specifically ordered an X2 4800+, 2.4GHz with 1Mb cache per core, but I've been shipped a newer model which is 100MHz faster but has only 512k per core.
It seems to me that for a machine solely running virtual machines a meg of L2 cache is going to make far more difference than 100Mhz. (eg. cache misses are going to be more frequent and costly)
Does anyone know anything or have some links to back this up or should I not bother complaining?
Cheers
McE
I've just bought a machine that is going to host virtual machines (linux/Xen)
I specifically ordered an X2 4800+, 2.4GHz with 1Mb cache per core, but I've been shipped a newer model which is 100MHz faster but has only 512k per core.
It seems to me that for a machine solely running virtual machines a meg of L2 cache is going to make far more difference than 100Mhz. (eg. cache misses are going to be more frequent and costly)
Does anyone know anything or have some links to back this up or should I not bother complaining?
Cheers
McE