tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7958569345934714789.post23435168399702..comments2016-09-16T11:17:41.265-04:00Comments on Jeff Stevenson's Technology Blog: Windows Magic Performance Buttonjxs2151http://www.blogger.com/profile/13599578258965424531noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7958569345934714789.post-34355093189213088862016-09-16T11:17:41.265-04:002016-09-16T11:17:41.265-04:00It absolutely will be useful. I set it properly o...It absolutely will be useful. I set it properly on every machine I configure.<br /><br />It would be good if you could take some performance metrics before you make the change and after to see the effect.Jeff Stevensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08951573035924566608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7958569345934714789.post-89964657055828691442016-09-16T08:30:57.612-04:002016-09-16T08:30:57.612-04:00Interesting! And I wish i had found this earlier.....Interesting! And I wish i had found this earlier....I'm thinking about applying this change to a Physical Windows 2008 SQL DB Server for JDE 9.0. From the Monitoring graphs we have it would appear that we are using approx. 40/50% CPU and its never really spiking towards 90/100 %. My question is - is this change still relevant (and useful) in systems that don't show high CPU ? While we donAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17065189099751141465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7958569345934714789.post-66258842801015151252011-10-12T04:22:02.922-04:002011-10-12T04:22:02.922-04:00Thanks for sharing this it gave me about a 100% pe...Thanks for sharing this it gave me about a 100% performance increase. Stoked!Richnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7958569345934714789.post-17629800619319282262011-08-18T18:54:14.851-04:002011-08-18T18:54:14.851-04:00Also, I noticed you mentioned that "The CPU-Z...Also, I noticed you mentioned that "The CPU-Z results are pegged on the exact processor specs." This is as it should be, CPU-Z should measure a core speed roughly the value of the CPU's specs. You also want to take a look at the multiplier that CPU-Z shows. The chart at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Intel_Xeon_microprocessors shows what your multiplier should be. If it isJeff Stevensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08951573035924566608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7958569345934714789.post-82221126331332375312011-08-18T18:26:05.452-04:002011-08-18T18:26:05.452-04:00Every layer in a VMware machine allows power manag...Every layer in a VMware machine allows power management, hardware, ESXi and OS, so each layer must be told how to do so. If we set the BIOS to allow the OS to handle power management then we must also configure the VMware layer in between to allow the OS to handle power management.<br /><br />1- Set the BIOS to allow the OS to control power management.<br /><br />2- Set ESXi to allow the OS to Jeff Stevensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08951573035924566608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7958569345934714789.post-79367458425271443292011-08-18T17:46:54.268-04:002011-08-18T17:46:54.268-04:00Have you ever done this on Windows running on VMWa...Have you ever done this on Windows running on VMWare? I have tried to set the performance boost as you indicate but I don't see any effect. The CPU-Z results are pegged on the exact processor specs. I talked to the people managing my host and they say the power properties of the host will not pass to the VM, so changing the BIOS wouldn't have any effect if I understand that correctly.Billnoreply@blogger.com