By: me (me.delete@this.me.com), October 15, 2021 6:34 pm
Room: Moderated Discussions
(Didn't read the whole thread)
> For e.g. Intel where you have some servers in a VM cluster that support AVX512 and some that don't, for instance,
> the software either has to claim the vCPUs don't support AVX512 on hardware that does, or limit migration of
> code using that to the subset of servers that support AVX512. And since Intel doesn't write the hypervisors,
> third parties like Microsoft and VMware are left to choose their own path between those options.
I think you are overthinking it. It's not that complicated to keep VMs on similar machines. Just shut them down for a brief moment when you want to move them over.
Perhaps the better question is: Will Intel sell Alder Lake Xeon-E with the Atom cores still enabled?
> For e.g. Intel where you have some servers in a VM cluster that support AVX512 and some that don't, for instance,
> the software either has to claim the vCPUs don't support AVX512 on hardware that does, or limit migration of
> code using that to the subset of servers that support AVX512. And since Intel doesn't write the hypervisors,
> third parties like Microsoft and VMware are left to choose their own path between those options.
I think you are overthinking it. It's not that complicated to keep VMs on similar machines. Just shut them down for a brief moment when you want to move them over.
Perhaps the better question is: Will Intel sell Alder Lake Xeon-E with the Atom cores still enabled?
