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VirtualBox in VirtualBox CPU core usage

Background: I am attempting to run a VirtualBox VM within a VirtualBox VM. The first host machine is running atop an Intel 4670k, with Intel Virtualization Technology enabled, with 4 total cores ...
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Is there a significant issue to allocating all available cores to one VM if that is the only major task running?

I have a one-off task that requires me to use a VM to fix a build bug a software project using SCons (Python). The testing cycle is fairly short, resulting in frequent rebuilds. I'm using a 4-core ...
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Spread VirtualBox VMs over cores

I am using many VirtualBox VMs with different OS on one Ubuntu Linux host for development. Sometimes my scripts get wrong and starts loading 100% of VM cpu. And when one VM loads 100% cpu I cant even ...
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Can't seem to use 2CPU on Oracle VM VirtualBox 5.0.2

I have an Intel® Celeron® Processor N2815. I've confirmed Virtualization and VT-x are enabled. I can't choose more than one CPU when configuring a Linux machine on VirtualBox; the scroller is grayed ...
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Why does VirtualBox show more CPUs than available?

I have an Intel Core i7 3930K with 6 CPU cores. Now, I understand that every of that cores can handle 2 separate threads. That makes 12 virtual cores - which I can see using my system monitor (see ...
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vmWare Player - virtual machine configured for 2 CPUs but I only have 1 CPU

I copied a virtual machine that I downloaded but can't play it in vmWare player. When I start to play it, it says: This virtual machine is configured to run with 2 CPUs, but the host has only 1 ...
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