We are planning to use a server with 8 processors and 32 GB RAM for using Vmware Server 1.0.1.
We have seen the choice between two configurations (We looked at Dell). A
\- Core System
\- Netburst System
1. Core System (DELL PowerEdge 2900)
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2 Quad Core Intel Xeon E5320
24 GB RAM
8 Disks mostly 146 GB Disks 15'000 RPM
2. Netburst System (Dell 6800)
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4 Dual-Core Intel® Xeon 7130M
32 GB RAM
8 Disks mostly 146 GB Disks 15'000 RPM
We plan to use Windows 2003 R2 x64 Server Enterprise as host OS.
My question is: which is the better Hardware? Does VMWare Server run on these specifiactions? Any suggestions?
Does the intels VT on the config 1. bring more performance than the additional 8 GB RAM on config 2. ?
Thanks
Nic