I just brought up a 2008r2 64 bit server in the my 3 host (6 CPU) config. This machine is slow as heck, I know doubling the RAM will help but what can I do to maximize speed in the CPU area? Virtual sockets and cores are both currently set to 1 and yes the CPU utilization is pegged at 100% These are pretty new Dell R710 hosts but I just looked at the configuration in vSphere and it tells me processors sockets = 1, cores per socket=4 and logical processors=8.
Thanks!