http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VirtualBox (look at the hardware virtualization section)

http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/linux-xen-vmware-kvm-intel-vt-amd-v-support/

http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/linux/linux-tip-how-to-tell-if-your-processor-supports-vt/

https://access.redhat.com/knowledge/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/Virtualization_Administration_Guide/sect-Virtualization-Troubleshooting-Enabling_Intel_VT_and_AMD_V_virtualization_hardware_extensions_in_BIOS.html

http://www.webupd8.org/2010/07/how-to-find-out-if-your-cpu-supports.html

Hope that is SOME help though I guess you don't have that processor yet

On Mon, Jan 21, 2013 at 1:50 PM, Nathan England <nathan@nmecs.com> wrote:

 

So many of you offered opinions and experiences with AMD processors in response to a comment I made that I am really intrigued now.

 

This may be a separate thread discussion but I use VirtualBox as my virtualization software of choice. Good or bad I use it and want to continue using it.

 

I appreciate that Intel has two extensions they list for their processors of VT-x and VT-d. I much prefer processors that support these extensions compared to others that do not.

 

Considering my current primary server is running a Pentium M 1.6 anything today would be faster. I do not use any virtualization on this machine, but with the need to upgrade it I would like to offload some of my virtualization needs to this machine as well. I looked at various processors on the AMD site but I cannot find more than a generic line that says XX processors has AMD Virtualization... blah blah

 

What extensions should I look for in a AMD processor for decent virtualization?

 

Does AMD have any budget processors that have these extensions?

 

Any recommendations?

 

I appreciate your input...

 

 

 

P.S. I would love to read a discussion about various virtualization softwares and your uses, but in a different thread. I prefer VBox because it is free (price) and has a better interface than libvirt or whatever Fedora prefers and occasionally I will load up a VBox image in Windows where it works and acts the same as my linux versions, once I change the network card.

 


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