Thanks. That makes sense. <br><br>Of course making the vm "tickle" itself often keeps the clock current :-)<br><br>Linux in a vm is more stable than windows in a vm. Linux in a vm is as stable as Linux on iron. Windows in a vm is less stable than windows on a physical system.<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, May 14, 2012 at 1:17 PM, Brian Mathis <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:brian.mathis+ale@betteradmin.com" target="_blank">brian.mathis+ale@betteradmin.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
This goes in the guest. If you have many VMs running on a host, you<br>
will notice a significant drop in host CPU usage. This does not apply<br>
to newer CentOS 6 or any other distros that use a tickless kernel.<br>
<br>
I'm not sure if it will help much of anything on the host. Maybe<br>
lower power usage.<br>
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On Mon, May 14, 2012 at 10:25 AM, Jim Kinney <<a href="mailto:jim.kinney@gmail.com">jim.kinney@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> Is this a setting for the host or the guest?<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> On Mon, May 14, 2012 at 10:08 AM, Brian Mathis<br>
> <<a href="mailto:brian.mathis%2Bale@betteradmin.com">brian.mathis+ale@betteradmin.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> CentOS 5 uses a default timer interrupt frequency of 1000Hz. This<br>
>> puts a bit of a load on the host system, and can be changed to 100Hz<br>
>> with no issues.<br>
>><br>
>> To change this value, update the kernel line in /etc/grub.conf with<br>
>> the parameter "divider=10", like this:<br>
>> kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.18-274.3.1.el5 ro root=/dev/sda1 divider=10<br>
>> and reboot. You will probably notice your host to be a bit more<br>
>> responsive, and if you're on a laptop your battery life should improve<br>
>> when running the VM.<br>
>><br>
>> VMware has an article about this if you want more information:<br>
>><br>
>> <a href="http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1005802" target="_blank">http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1005802</a><br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> ❧ Brian Mathis<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> On Fri, May 11, 2012 at 11:39 AM, Geoffrey Myers<br>
>> <<a href="mailto:lists@serioustechnology.com">lists@serioustechnology.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>> > So, I've got a Centos VM that is installed on Mac. I had a Mac OSX<br>
>> > update and a gcc update on the VM.<br>
>> ><br>
>> > Now my load average sits at 4.5 and every now and then jumps to 8 or 9.<br>
>> > when it does that, the VM freezes until it drops back down.<br>
>> ><br>
>> > Any clues as to what is causing this? I'm sure the gcc is not an issue.<br>
>> > Do I need to reinstall virtual box?<br>
>> ><br>
>> > --<br>
>> > Until later, Geoffrey<br>
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