I want to put together a new ESXI 5.x server for a client and would like to clarify some points, if I may.
1. ESXI 5.x supports up to 32 gigs of RAM, correct?
2. If I have a server with one quad core processor I have, from ESXI's point of view, four available CPU's to allocate to virtuals, correct? And if I had two quad-cores I'd have 8 CPU's to allocate to virtuals?
With ESXI 4.1 I have found that two logical CPU's work just fine supporting a heavily used CPU on a new HP server as long as my other virtuals are low demand virtuals like data storage servers or Symantec Anti-Virus servers, etc.
3. I did ask earlier but it's not kosher to overallocate CPU's it? If I have a quadcore processor and assign 8 CPU's to virtuals I'm overallocating. Is that still a bad thing with 5.x?
Thanks much for the continued friendly help I get out here.
Mike Gallery