This is purely a guess, but I think the fact that we don't use a lot of the features available in ESXI is why Cisco doesn't have us reserve 8gb. I've never had an issue with running out of ram on a production system, always cores.
On Fri, Oct 30, 2015 at 8:58 PM, Anthony Holloway < avholloway+cisco-v...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hey All, > > I'm trying to understand the concept of ESXi's RAM requirements, and with > 5.5 VMWare says the minimum is 4GB, but they do recommend 8GB for "full > features." > > When I look at this one guide as an example: > > http://docwiki.cisco.com/wiki/UC_Virtualization_Supported_Hardware#BE6000H.C2.A0Servers_and_Small_Plus_UConUCS_Tested.C2.A0Reference_Configurations > > It shows that 48GB of RAM is installed inside, but only 44GB is available > to VMs. That makes me think Cisco is only accounting for a 4GB minimum, > and not the 8GB recommended. > > Is that what you read that as, as well? And how does one allocate 8GB to > ESXi? Do you just not use it for your VMs and leave it on the table, a la > CUC core reservation? > > A little late Friday evening thoughts right before a holiday weekend. > That's how you know I'm in this job deep. Thanks and have a great weekend. > > > _______________________________________________ > cisco-voip mailing list > cisco-voip@puck.nether.net > https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-voip > >
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