Windows 8 hyper v features
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Hyper-V in Windows Server 8 includes several new features such as support for VHD files on file servers using SMB 2.2, replication that allows moving VMs among nodes without centralized storage, NIC teaming, domain controllers that are virtualization-aware without USN tracking, increased VM scalability to 32 vCPUs and 512GB RAM, and increased Hyper-V host scalability to 160 CPU cores, 2TB RAM, 4000 VMs per cluster, and 63 nodes per cluster. The new VHDX format also exceeds the 2TB VHD file size limit and can reach 16TB.
Windows 8 hyper v features
- 1. Windows 8 HYPER-V Features K. Susantha Silva MVP – Virtual Machine
- 2. Hyper-V 3.0
- 3. • VHD on File server – Thanks for File Server Protocol SMB 2.2 • Hyper-V Replication – Move virtual machines among nodes without centralized storage • NIC Teaming – At last Microsoft OS agreed to do this • Domain controllers that are virtualization-aware – No more update sequence number (USN) used to track changes in Active Directory • VM scalability – 32 vCPU’s and 512 GB memory per VM • Hyper-V scalability (Very powerful numbers) Hyper-V in Windows Server 8 is more scalable then it was ever before: In the beta a Hyper-V host support up to 160 CPU cores; 2 TB of RAM 4000 virtual machines per cluster 63 nodes per cluster • VHDX - can exceed the 2 TB size limit of a VHD file. (Maximum so far is 16 TB) • Virtual Fiber Channel adapter support, Offloaded Date Transfer (ODX) feature
- 4. Let’s move with HYPER-V replication Demo!