Scalability & Performance

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Hosts

• Support for up to 320 logical processors

& 4TB physical memory per host

• Support for up to 1,024 virtual machines

per host

Clusters

• Support for up to 64 physical nodes &

8,000 virtual machines per cluster

Virtual Machines

• Support for up to 64 virtual processors and

1TB memory per VM

Massive scalability for the

most demanding workloads

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• Projects NUMA topology onto a virtual

machine

• Allows guest operating systems and

applications to make intelligent NUMA decisions

• Aligns guest NUMA nodes with host

resources

• Workloads such as SQL Server 2012, or IIS

8.0 can take advantage of Guest NUMA

In Guest Non-Uniform

Memory Access

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SQL Server 2012

• 64 vCPU support drove 6x performance

increase over previous version of Hyper-V

• 6.3% overhead compared with physical

Exchange 2013

• Virtualized 48,000 simulated users on a

single Hyper-V host across 12 VMs, with low response times

SharePoint 2013

• Scaled to over 2 million heavy users at 1%

concurrency, across 5 VMs on a single Hyper-V host

High levels of performance for

key Microsoft workloads

Hyper-V Virtual CPU Scalability

with OLTP Workloads

Exchange Workload Scalability on

Windows Server 2012 with Hyper-V

SharePoint Workload Scalability on

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Capabilities

• Improved performance of virtual hard disks on 512e disks

• Ability to host virtual hard disks on native 4 KB disks

Benefits

• Reduces impact of 512e disks on virtual hard disk stack

• Workloads complete more quickly

VHDX & Support for

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Features

• Storage capacity up to 64 TBs

• Corruption protection during power failures • Optimal structure alignment for large-sector

disks

Benefits

• Increases storage capacity • Protects data

• Helps to ensure quality performance on large-sector disks

VHDX Provides Increased

Scale, Protection & Alignment

Block Allocation Table (BAT)

Metadata table

User data blocks Sector bitmap blocks

User metadata File metadata

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Expand Virtual SCSI Disks

1. Grow VHD & VHDX files whilst attached to a running virtual machine

2. Then expand volume within the guest

Shrink Virtual SCSI Disks

1. Reduce volume size inside the guest 2. Shrink the size of the VHD

or VHDX file whilst the VM is running

Online VHDX Resize provides

VM storage flexibility

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Benefits

• Rapid virtual machine provisioning and

migration

• Faster transfers on large files • Minimized latency

• Maximized array throughput • Less CPU and network use

• Performance not limited by network

throughput or server use

• Improved datacenter capacity and scale

Token-based data transfer

within the storage array

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• Unmediated access to a storage area

network (SAN)

• Hardware-based I/O path to virtual hard

disk stack

• N_Port ID Virtualization (NPIV) support • Single Hyper-V host connected to different

SANs

• Up to four Virtual Fibre Channel adapters

on a virtual machine

• Multipath I/O (MPIO) functionality • Supports Live migration

Access Fibre Channel SAN

data from a virtual machine

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Without VMQ

• Hyper-V Virtual Switch is responsible for

routing & sorting packets for VMs

• This leads to increased CPU processing, all

focused on CPU0

With VMQ

• Physical NIC creates virtual network queues

for each VM to reduce host CPU

With Dynamic VMQ

• Processor cores dynamically allocated for a

better spread of network traffic processing

Increased efficiency of network

processing on Hyper-V hosts

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Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1

• Introduced Dynamic Memory to enable

reallocation of memory automatically between running virtual machines

Enhanced in Windows Server 2012 & R2

• Minimum & Startup Memory • Smart Paging

• Memory Ballooning • Runtime Configuration

Achieve higher levels of

density for your Hyper-V hosts

Maximum

memory Hyper-V Physical memory pool Minimum memory Maximum memory Physical memory pool Physical memory pool

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Features

• Uses resource pools

• Compatible with all Hyper-V operations

• Unaffected by virtual machine movement

• Uses Network Metering Port ACLs

Benefits of Resource

Metering

• Easier to track virtual machine use

• Can be used to aggregate data for multiple virtual machines • Can be used to build accurate

lookback and chargeback solutions

• Easier to obtain resource use data

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Bandwidth Management

• Establishes a bandwidth floor

• Assigns specified bandwidth for each type

of traffic

• Helps to ensure fair sharing during

congestion

• Can exceed quota with no congestion

2 Mechanisms

• Enhanced packet scheduler (software) • Network adapter with DCB support

(hardware)

Achieve desired levels of

networking performance

Normal

priority priorityHigh Critical

Hyper-V Extensible Switch

Bronze

tenant tenantSilver tenantGold

Gold

tenant tenantGold tenantGold

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• Allows an administrator to specify a

maximum IOPS cap

• Takes into account incoming &

outgoing IOPS

• Configurable on a VHDX by VHDX

basis for granular control whilst VM is running

• Prevents VMs from consuming all

of the available I/O bandwidth to the underlying physical resource

• Supports Dynamic, Fixed

& Differencing

Control allocation of Storage

IOPS between VM Disks

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Security &

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Extensible Switch

• Virtual Ethernet switch that runs in the

management OS of the host

• Exists on Windows Server Hyper-V, and

Windows Client Hyper-V

• Managed programmatically

• Extensible by partners and customers • Virtual machines connect to the

extensible switch with their virtual network adaptor

• Can bind to a physical NIC or team • Bypassed by SR-IOV

Layer-2 Network Switch for

Virtual Machine Connectivity

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Granular In-box Capabilities

• ARP/ND Poisoning (spoofing)

protection

• DHCP Guard protection • Virtual Port ACLs

• Trunk Mode to VMs

• Network Traffic Monitoring

• Isolated (Private) VLAN (PVLANs) • PowerShell & WMI Interfaces for

extensibility

Layer-2 Network Switch for

Virtual Machine Connectivity

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2 Platforms for Extensions

• Network Device Interface Specification

(NDIS) filter drivers

• Windows Filtering Platform (WFP) callout

drivers

Extensions

• NDIS filter drivers • WFP callout drivers • Ingress filtering

• Destination lookup and forwarding • Egress filtering

Build Extensions for Capturing,

Filtering & Forwarding

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Many Key Features

• Extension monitoring & uniqueness • Extensions that learn VM life cycle • Extensions that can veto state changes • Multiple extensions on same switch

Several Partner Solutions Available

• Cisco – Nexus 1000V & UCS-VMFEX • NEC – ProgrammableFlow PF1000 • 5nine – Security Manager

• InMon - SFlow

Build Extensions for Capturing,

Filtering & Forwarding

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• Secure Isolation for traffic segregation,

without VLANs

• VM migration flexibility • Seamless Integration

Key Concepts

• Provider Address – Unique IP addresses

routable on physical network

• VM Networks – Boundary of isolation

between different sets of VMs

• Customer Address – VM Guest OS IP

addresses within the VM Networks

• Policy Table – maintains relationship

between different addresses & networks

Network Isolation & Flexibility

without VLAN Complexity

Network/VSID Provider Address Customer Address

Red (6001) 192.168.2.13 10.10.10.10 Red (6001) 192.168.2.14 10.10.10.11 Red (6001) 192.168.2.12 10.10.10.12

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• Multi-tenant VPN gateway built-in to

Windows Server 2012 R2

• Integral multitenant edge gateway for

seamless connectivity

• Guest clustering for high availability • BGP for dynamic routes update • Encapsulates & De-encapsulates

NVGRE packets

• Multitenant aware NAT for

Internet access

Bridge Between VM Networks

& Physical Networks

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Data Protection, built in

• Supports Used Disk Space Only Encryption • Integrates with TPM chip

• Network Unlock & AD Integration

Multiple Disk Type Support

• Direct Attached Storage (DAS) • Traditional SAN LUN

• Cluster Shared Volumes

• Windows Server 2012 R2 File Server Share

In-box Disk Encryption to

Protect Sensitive Data

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Significant Improvements in Interoperability

• Multiple supported Linux distributions

and versions on Hyper-V.

• Includes Red Hat, SUSE, OpenSUSE, CentOS,

and Ubuntu

Comprehensive Feature Support

• 64 vCPU SMP

• Virtual SCSI, Hot-Add & Online Resize • Full Dynamic Memory Support

• Live Backup

• Deeper Integration Services Support

Comprehensive feature

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Export a clone of a running VM

• Point-time image of running VM

exported to an alternate location

• Useful for troubleshooting VM

without downtime for primary VM

Export from an existing checkpoint

• Export a full cloned virtual machine

from a point-in-time, existing checkpoint of a virtual machine

• Checkpoints automatically merged into

single virtual disk

Duplication of a Virtual

Machine whilst Running

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VM VM

Live migration setup

Memory pages transferred

M EM O RY M EM O RY

Modified pages transferred

Storage handle moved

VM • Faster live migrations, taking full advantage

of available network

• Simultaneous Live Migrations

• Supports flexible storage choices – iSCSI,

Fibre Channel or SMB for VM’s files

• Requires Failover Clustering if using

iSCSI/Fibre Channel Storage

• No Failover Clustering required if virtual

machine resides on SMB 3.0 File Share

• Can be triggered via PowerShell

Faster, Simultaneous Migration

of VMs Without Downtime

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• Utilizes available CPU resources on the

host to perform compression

• Compressed memory sent across the

network faster and decompressed on target host

• Operates on networks with less than 10

gigabit bandwidth available

• Enables a 2X improvement in Live

Migration performance

• Enabled by default but will only operate if

there is spare CPU available to compress the VM memory.

Intelligently Accelerates Live

Migration Transfer Speed

Memory pages compressed, then transferred

Live migration setup

M EM O RY M EM O RY

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• SMB Multichannel uses multiple NICs for

increased throughput and resiliency

• Remote Direct Memory Access delivers

low latency network, CPU utilization & higher bandwidth

• Supports speeds up to 56Gb/s

• Windows Server 2012 R2 supports RoCE,

iWARP & Infiniband RDMA solutions

• Delivers the highest performance for

Live Migrations

• Cannot be used with Compression

Harness RDMA to Accelerate

Live Migration Performance

Memory pages transferred at high speed

Live migration setup

M EM O RY M EM O RY

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• Move virtual hard disks attached

to a running virtual machine

• Manage storage in a cloud environment

with greater flexibility and control

• Move storage with no downtime

• Update physical storage available to a

virtual machine (such as SMB-based storage)

• Windows PowerShell cmdlets

Increased Flexibility through

Live Migration of VM Storage

Reads and writes go to the source VHD

Disk contents are copied to new

destination VHD

Disk writes are mirrored; outstanding

changes are replicated

Reads and writes go to new

destination VHD

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• Increase flexibility of virtual machine

placement & increased administrator efficiency

• Simultaneously live migrate VM & virtual

disks between hosts

• Nothing shared but an ethernet cable • No clustering or shared storage

requirements

• Reduce downtime for migrations across

cluster boundaries

Complete Flexibility for Virtual

Machine Migrations

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• Upgrade from Windows Server 2012

Hyper-V to Windows Server 2012 R2 Hyper-V with no VM downtime

• Supports Shared Nothing Live Migration

for migration when changing storage locations

• If using SMB share, migration transfers

only the VM running state for faster completion

• Automated with PowerShell • One-way Migration Only

Simplified upgrade process

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High-Availability &

Resiliency

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• Vendor agnostic and shipped inbox • Provides local or remote management

through Windows PowerShell or UI

• Enables teams of up to 32 network

adapters

• Aggregates bandwidth from multiple

network adapters whilst providing traffic failover in the event of NIC outage

• Includes multiple nodes: switch dependent

and independent

• Multiple traffic distribution algorithms:

Hyper-V Switch Port, Hashing and Dynamic Load Balancing

Integrated Solution for

Network Card Resiliency

Virtual

adapters

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• Massive scalability with support for 64

physical nodes & 8,000 VMs

• VMs automatically failover & restart on

physical host outage

• Enhanced Cluster Shared Volumes • Cluster VMs on SMB 3.0 Storage • Dynamic Quorum & Witness • Reduced AD dependencies

• Drain Roles – Maintenance Mode • VM Drain on Shutdown

• VM Network Health Detection • Enhanced Cluster Dashboard

Integrated Solution for

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• Full support for running clustered

workloads on Hyper-V host cluster

• Guest Clusters that require shared storage

can utilize software iSCSI, Virtual FC or SMB

• Full support for Live Migration of Guest

Cluster Nodes

• Full Support for Dynamic Memory of Guest

Cluster Nodes

• Restart Priority, Possible & Preferred

Ownership, & AntiAffinityClassNames help ensure optimal operation

Complete Flexibility for

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• VHDX files can be presented to multiple

VMs simultaneously, as shared storage

• VM sees shared virtual SAS disk • Unrestricted number of VMs can

connect to a shared VHDX file

• Utilizes SCSI-persistent reservations • VHDX can reside on a Cluster Shared

Volume on block storage, or on File-based storage

• Supports both Dynamic and Fixed VHDX

Guest Clustering No Longer

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• Upon service failure, Service Control

Manager inside guest will attempt to restart the service

• After 3 failures, Cluster Service will

trigger event log entry 1250

• VM State = Application in VM Critical

• VM can be automatically restarted on the

same node

• Upon subsequent failure, VM can be failed

over and restarted on alternative node

• Extensible by Partners

Monitor Health of Applications

Inside Clustered VMs

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• Reduces server downtime and user

disruption by orchestration of cluster node updates

• Maintains service availability without

impacting cluster quorum

• Detects required updates and moves

workloads off nodes for updates

• 2 Updating Modes: Self-Updating and

Remote Updating

• Uses Windows Update Agent or extensible

plug-in

Integrated Patching Solution

for Hyper-V Clusters

Third-party plug-in for updates

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Hyper-V cluster with VMs on each node

Upon failover, VMs restart in priority order

• Failover Priority ensures certain VMs

start before others on the cluster

• Affinity rules allow VMs to reside on

certain hosts in the cluster

• AntiAffinityClassNames helps to keep

virtual machines apart on separate physical cluster nodes

• AntiAffinityClassNames exposed

through VMM as Availability Set

Ensure Optimal VM Placement

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• Affordable in-box business continuity and

disaster recovery

• Configurable replication frequencies of 30

seconds, 5 minutes and 15 minutes

• Secure replication across network • Agnostic of hardware on either site • No need for other virtual machine

replication technologies

• Automatic handling of live migration • Simple configuration and management

Replicate Hyper-V VMs from a

Primary to a Replica site

(43)

Replication configured from primary to secondary

Replication can be enabled on the 1

st

_{replica to a 3}

rd

_site

• Once a VM has been successfully

replicated to the replica site, replica can be replicated to a 3rd _location

• Chained Replication

• Extended Replica contents match the

original replication contents

• Extended Replica replication frequencies

can differ from original replica

• Useful for scenarios such as SMB ->

Service Provider -> Service Provider DR Site

Replicate to 3

rd

_{Location for}

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• Protect important services by

coordinating replication and recovery of VMM-managed private clouds

• Automates replication of VMs within

clouds between sites

• Hyper-V Replica provides replication,

orchestrated by Hyper-V Recovery Manager

• Can be used for planned, unplanned and

testing failover between sites

• Integrate with scripts for customization of

recovery plans

Orchestrate protection and

recovery of private clouds

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Ease of Management & Operations

• PXE boot from Optimized vNIC • Hot-Add CD/DVD Drive

Dynamic Storage

• VMs have UEFI firmware with support

for GPT partitioned OS boot disks >2TB

• Faster Boot from Virtual SCSI with Online

Resize & increased performance

Security

• Removal of emulated devices reduces

attack surface

• VM UEFI firmware supports Secure Boot

VMs built on Optimized,

Software-Based Devices

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• Activate VMs without managing

product keys on a VM by VM basis

• VMs activated on start-up • Reporting & Tracking built-in

• Activate VMs in remote locations, with

or without internet connectivity

• Works with VM Migration

• Generic AVMA key for VMs activates

against a valid, activated Windows Server 2012 R2 Hyper-V host

Simplifying Activation of

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Improved VMBus Capabilities enable:

• Audio over VMConnect

• Copy & Paste between Host & Guest • Smart Card Redirection

• Remote Desktop Over VMBus

Enabled for Hyper-V on both Server & Client

Fully supports Live Migration of VMs

Enhancing VMConnect for

the Richest Experience

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IT demands

Windows Server 2012 R2 delivers

Support for demanding,

critical business workloads Increased flexibility to move resources and workloads

Leverage existing cross-platform investments

Enterprise-class scale

and performance. Virtual machine mobility. First-class citizen guest support for Linux.

New levels of

performance and

cross-platform

support

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Flat or shrinking IT

budgets even as business expectations increase. Efficient datacenter operations across entire customer base.

Challenges:

Opportunities:

Enterprise-class

Simple and

cost-effective

User centric

“Keeping the lights on” mandate reduces agility to address app owners’ needs. Need to offer differentiated services to customers.

Complexities due to diverse

datacenter infrastructure. End user pressure to enable access to corporate information from a variety of devices.

Application

focused

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Best-in-class performance and scale for Microsoft workloads

Industry-leading support for

64-node clusters and 8,000 VMs per cluster

64 TB VHDX virtual disk with online resize for dynamically growing and shrinking the VHDX file

Hyper-V Network Virtualization and multi-tenant VPN gateway for inbox software-defined networking (SDN) solution

SMB traffic offload to RDMA-capable NICs for dramatic performance improvements

Flexible guest clustering options for file and block storage with shared VHDX files that preserve dynamic memory, live migration and storage live migration for guest virtual machines.

Integration with Windows Azure Backup for reliable and cost-effective backup to the cloud.

VDI storage de-duplication

Complete VM portability between Windows Server and Windows Azure without the need for VM conversion Same development model between Windows Server and Windows Azure Common development tools between Windows Server and Windows Azure for a rich and complete environment to build applications on-premises and for the cloud

Always-on remote access to corporate information from trusted devices Consistent, inbox Windows experience for remote users virtually anywhere on any device