Blade server processor

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I need to know that if I have a blade server with 4 quad core processors, then is it possible to use each processor individually in a way that to install 4 OS on the same server (without using visualizing technologies, VM, HyperV, OVM etc), assign one processor to each OS and boot all 4 OS at the same time. Thanks.

This is probably silly... but what OS are you planning to use? That's a critical part of this question. — ewwhite, Sep 06 '15 at 07:40
I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because user clearly hasn't done their homework and lacks understanding of basic IT concepts such as ring zero. — Chopper3, Sep 06 '15 at 08:18

score 4 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 06 '15 at 07:53

I'm not sure what you're really trying to do, but a generic answer is that a containerization technology will be the best way to provide the resource isolation you're looking for.

LXC is a good option.

Docker may be another possible approach, depending on your final goal.

score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 06 '15 at 07:56

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No it isn't possible from what I understand as the bios on each blade can only boot a single OS at a time.

A blade is just a minified rack server.

You could probably use containers or paravirtualisation within a single OS to achieve what you want.

answered Sep 06 '15 at 07:56

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score 3 · Answer 3 · answered Sep 06 '15 at 07:57

No, as far as I know LPAR technology has not yet made it to X86 servers.

Depending on what you actually want to achieve you'll need a container or HyperVisor technology to provide the hardware isolation and the capabilities to run multiple OS's concurrently.

Blade server processor

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