[mythtv-users] VMWare on the backend. Viable solution?

[Johnny]

> You can assign multiple cores but then the guest has to schedule those cores
> even if you are not fully utilizing them. In other words if your guest only
> needs one core for its task it will still have to wait for all configured
> cores to be available and then tie them up for its quantum. That's my
> understanding of how VMWare works. So if I was continuously crunching, I
> might assign two cores instead of one but it may be more efficient to run a
> separate guest to do transcoding and let it run flat out away from the MBE.
> I'll have to run some tests to see which works better in my situation. My
> kids keep my recorders really busy as they record and then cherry pick what
> they want to watch.

Ahh that makes sense. I didn't realize that is how it works. I would
be interested to know which arranges works best for you. Thanks for
the explanation.