On Thursday, October 19, 2017 11:18:50 PM EDT Christoph Schmees wrote: > Hi Tom, > > Am 19.10.2017 um 22:16 schrieb Tom: > > VBox performance on my Linux host is awful. I've read several > > troubleshooting FAQs, and they help identify the problem, but have no > > information about how to resolve it. > > > > When the problem happens, VBox is using 150% to 250% of the CPU. This is > > on a monster of a laptop: i7 with 8 cores, 26 Gig of RAM, 2 disc drives, > > and one of those drives is a new SSD (which is where the 75Gig VM lives). > > Xubuntu host with all updates applied, and a Win7 VM. > > > > The VM uses a single 75Gig file, so it's not wasting resources creating or > > deleting data files. > > > > Could my CPU be on the fritz? How can I test that? > > > > Any suggestions? > > generation of your i7? AFAIR several problems exist from gen 7 on; > 6th generation seems ok. > I run an 4th gen. i7-4771 (4 cores + HT) w/ 32 G RAM an two disks as > well. Host is debian8. With two VM running (mint18 and W7) CPU load > fluctuates betweeen < 10% (total!) and peaks a little more than 25%. > Perhaps it is worth mentioning that my VM have 4 cores each and > 3.5GB RAM; both are 32-bit systems. Does that matter? Don't know. > > Chris
I've never seen a named geration for the CPU, even in Dell's technical description. It's described as I7-840QM, 1.86, 8MB, CLF, B1. Tom ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ VBox-users-community mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/vbox-users-community _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe: mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe
