VMware ESXi: how to choose between VMI Paravirtualization and 64-bit?
- by netvope
VMware ESXi 4 supports VMI paravirtualization for 32-bit OS but not for 64-bit OS. For performance consideration, is it better to use a 32-bit Ubuntu Server guest without paravirtualization or a 64-bit one with VMI paravirtualization?
Hardware: Core 2 Quad, 8 GB RAM
Workload: Software development/testing, webserver, database