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TechNet Evaluation Center
Microsoft Download Center
Introducing Windows Server 2012
 Virtual Fiber Channel
 Support for File Based Storage on SMB 2.2
 Native 4K Disk Support
 Offloaded Data Transfer (ODX)
 Native File-based de-duplication
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NPIV port(s)
Token
Offload
Read
Virtual
Disk
Offload
Write
Token
Token
Actual Data Transfer
Intelligent Storage
Array
Virtual
Disk
Creation of a 10 GB Fixed Disk
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~3 Minutes
150
100
Time (seconds)
50
<1 Second!
0
Average
Desktop
ODX
Encrypted cluster volumes
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Tenant 1: Multiple VM Workloads
Tenant 2: Multiple VM Workloads
Data Center
Tenant 1: Multiple VM Workloads
Tenant 2: Multiple VM Workloads
Data Center
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Woodgrove Bank
Blue 10.1.0.0/16
Cloud Data Center
Contoso Bank
Red 10.1.0.0/16
Woodgrove VM
Woodgrove network
Contoso VM
Physical
network
Physical
server
Hyper-V Machine Virtualization
Hyper-V Network Virtualization
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Contoso network
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Introducing Windows Server “8”
Hyper-V Network Virtualization: Enabling Rapid
Migration and Workload Isolation in the Cloud
 Open, Extensible Virtual
Switch
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Nexus 1000 Support
Openflow Support
Network Introspection
Much more…
 Advanced Networking
 ACLs
 PVLAN
 …much more…
 Windows NIC Teaming
 SR-IOV Network Support
 Reduce Latency & CPU Utilization
 Supports Live Migration
 Network QoS
 Per VNIC bandwidth reservation &
limits
 Network Metering
Tenant 1: Multiple VM Workloads
Tenant 2: Multiple VM Workloads
Data Center
TEAMING
 Reduces latency of network
path
 Reduces CPU utilization for
processing network traffic
 Increases throughput
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Root Partition
Hyper-V Switch
Routing
VLAN Filtering
Data Copy
Virtual Machine
Virtual NIC
Virtual Function
 Supports Live Migration
Physical SR-IOV
NIC
Physical NIC
Network
SR-IOV
NetworkI/O
I/Opath
pathwithout
with SR-IOV
Windows Server 2008
Windows Server 2008 R2
Windows Server 2012
Beta
16 LPs
64 LPs
160 LPs
1 TB
1 TB
2 TB
16 Nodes up to 1000 VMs
16 Nodes up to 1000 VMs
64 Nodes up to 4000 VMs
Virtual Machine Processor
Support
Up to 4 VPs
Up to 4 VPs
Up to 32 VPs
VM Memory
Up to 64 GB
Up to 64 GB
Up to 1 TB
Yes, one at a time
Yes, one at a time
Yes, with no limits. As many
as hardware will allow.
No. Quick Storage
Migration via SCVMM
No. Quick Storage
Migration via SCVMM
Yes, with no limits. As many
as hardware will allow.
Servers in a Cluster
16
16
64
VP:LP Ratio
8:1
8:1 for Server
12:1 for Client (VDI)
No limits. As many as
hardware will allow.
HW Logical Processor
Support
Physical Memory Support
Cluster Scale
Live Migration
Live Storage Migration
Windows Server 2008
Windows Server 2008 R2
Windows Server 2012
Beta
No. Quick Storage
Migration via SCVMM
No. Quick Storage
Migration via SCVMM
Yes, with no limits. As many
as hardware will allow.
VMs on File Storage
No
No
Yes, SMB 2.2
Virtual Fiber Channel
No
No
Yes
Virtual Disk Format
VHD up to 2 TB
VHD up to 2 TB
VHD up to 2 TB
VHDX up to 64 TB
VM Guest Clustering
Yes, via iSCSI
Yes, via iSCSI
Yes, via iSCSI or FC
No
No
Yes
Live VHD Merge
No, offline.
No, offline.
Yes
Live New Parent
No
No
Yes
Secure Offloaded Data
Transfer (ODX)
No
No
Yes
Live Storage Migration
Native 4k Disk Support
Complete mobility. Simply the best.
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Unlimited Replication
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Windows Server
2012
32 virtual processors per VM
1TB virtual machine memory
New 64TB VHDX format
Native 4k disk support
Hyper-V Replica
Hyper-V virtual fiber channel
Live storage migration
Windows NIC teaming
Concurrent live migration
Support for AES/NI
Support for up to 64 nodes per
cluster
Support for 4000 VMs per cluster
Hyper-V support for up to 2 TB of
physical memory
Hyper-V intelligent second level
paging
Live VHD merge
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