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With the clock ticking over to a new decade, now would seem to be a good time for a quick blog on timer interrupts in guests and how you can speed up your guests, while also lightening the load on your host, with the judicious use of a bit of guest configuration.

All operating systems make use of a system clock which ticks at a particular frequency. Common Linux distributions use kernels which drive the clock at 100Hz, 250Hz or 1000Hz. You can find out what your Linux kernel is configured for using this command:

With the clock ticking over to a new decade, now would seem to be a good time for a quick blog on timer interrupts in guests and how you can speed up your guests, while also lightening the load on your host, with the judicious use of a bit of guest configuration.

All operating systems make use of a system clock which ticks at a particular frequency. Common Linux distributions use kernels which drive the clock at 100Hz, 250Hz or 1000Hz. You can find out what your Linux kernel is configured for using this command:

The FatBloke loves movies at Christmas. So to add to the festive cheer, he has produced a couple of his own based on some of the new features of VirtualBox 3.1. This special, bumper Christmas double-bill features movies about Teleportation (is this how Santa gets about?) and Snapshots. You can watch in HD and full screen mode, but no 3D yet

Merry Christmas

-FB