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I have a linux VM on a popular VM provider. How can I figure out how it's implemented?

In particular I want to figure out "If the Hypervisor is simulating 4 processors in 1 thread on the physical processor … or if the Hypervisor is passing through 4 physical cores to th VM".*

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Have you tried asking your provider?

Otherwise a possible "hint" may be if there is a short list of "recommended/preferred" supported OSes. If so and they are short-listed around some of the more contemporary OSes, then chances are good that the hypervisor is possibly Xen-based - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xen.

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If you have root access you could try dmidecode

Some hardware information might give you a clue as has been said.

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I would poke around the proc file system, check dmesg and lspci for what devices are installed. Most of the Hypervisors have their name in the device description i.e. VMWare fast ethernet controller.

If you're running windows, check the device manager.

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  • That's if the OS is pre-installed by the provider with the "helper" applications/drivers installed.
    – user48838
    Sep 10, 2010 at 23:47
  • @user48838 I'd hope so, otherwise you'd be getting a giant performance hit ... if the provider doesn't intall the tools apps, then you need a new provider
    – Zypher
    Sep 11, 2010 at 5:10
  • "Enlightened" OSes do not require additional utilities for Zen, not sure about drivers...
    – user48838
    Sep 14, 2010 at 5:09

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