Designing Hosts

[selezeus]

Hi everybody.

I'm thinking to install a Linux server with VirtualHost for server between 15 and 20 guests running in Linux.

Question. What is the hardware characteristics for the server.? and an affordable server, because the server and the guest are for a public school.

Regards everybody.

[selezeus]

Sorry I mistake, the guest are running windows 7.

[socratis]

Remember that simple rule:

• Total CPUs for your guests ≤ Host CPUs + 1.
• Total RAM+vRAM+overhead for your guests ≤ Host available RAM + some.

So, if you want to run 15 to 20 guests, that won't look like an affordable server if you want it to have more than 15 cores and (assuming 1 GB per guest) more than 20 GB of RAM...

[selezeus]

Hi, Thanks for your answer.

RAM doesn't look problematic, I can have 256 Gb RAM.

But about cores, Do you know any processor with more than 15 cores?. (This question can look not very clever but ago 10 years I'm outside hardware market.)

Regards. Jose.

[socratis]

Do you know any processor with more than 15 cores?. (This question can look not very clever but ago 10 years I'm outside hardware market.)

Well, I don't, but Google seems to know plenty of systems.

A quick search for "24 core computer" returns plenty of results, including a video titled "24 Core Gaming Computer For Under $500"...