| Publisher | Intel | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Format | 470.0KB PDF | Date added | 05 Sep 2007 |
| Topics | Server Consolidation, Virtualization | ||
| Downloads | 65 | ||
Intel IT has standardized on 16 gigabytes (GB) of memory for dual-socket virtualization hosts. We based this decision on extensive analysis of maximum physical memory consumption on more than 3,000 servers running non-virtualized workloads in our business computing environment. We found that approximately half of these servers consume 1 GB of memory or less. For workloads of this size, we believe that we can achieve high consolidation ratios of up to 15-20 to 1 using low-cost dual-socket virtualization hosts based on quad-core processors. We expect that this strategy will minimize cost because we avoid paying for unused memory and associated power and cooling.
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