Chapter 7. Hyper-V Best Practices and Optimization

This chapter provides recommendations and best practices to configure a Hyper-V host and virtual machines to optimize performance. The chapter covers modifying the default configuration of the Hyper-V Manager settings, host and virtual machine performance considerations and best practices, and operational considerations. Performance tuning recommendations are included for processor, memory, networking, and storage components.

Modifying the Default Hyper-V Installation

The default installation of the Hyper-V role on Windows Server 2008 or ...

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