Understanding Performance

The following documents will explain some of the principles for virtual  system performance. Please check back as we grow the number of articles  here with time.

ESX and Guest Operating Systems

• ESX Monitor Modes
• Linux Timer Rate

CPU and Scheduling

• Hyper-Threading on ESX Server
• Ready Time
• VMkernel Scheduler
  • Co-scheduling SMP VMs in VMware ESX Server

Memory

• Large Memory Pages

Network

• Advanced Networking Performance Options

Storage

• Storage Performance: VMFS and Protocols
• Storage Queues and Performance