Setting the Pagefile
One of the most frequent configuration tips around Hyper-V hosts is to manually configure the Pagefile. The values described are sometimes quite creative.
After doing many tests with Hyper-V hosts with all different kinds of RAM configurations and deep technology-oriented exchanges with Microsoft Product Teams, including the Hyper-V Product Team itself, on how Pagefile management is working in Windows Server 2012 R2, there is only one recommendation I have today: leave it alone.
The Windows Pagefile is by default managed by Windows. If you have followed all other best practices described up to this point and, most importantly, you did not install other services on the Hyper-V host itself (management OS), you are all set. There ...
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