Windows Server 8 Hyper-V important innovation Preview

With built-in Virtualization in Windows Server 2008 R2, Microsoft has implemented Hyper-V penetration in enterprises. In the last four years, Windows Server and Hyper-V have not only been compatible with VMware vSphere in terms of Enterprise Virtualization functions, in fact, Hyper-V exceeds the features provided by VMware vSphere in many ways, including an extremely expensive component in VMware products and enhancements for VMware third parties, this avoids high costs for enterprises to choose a single virtualization vendor.

In Microsoft's latest Windows Server 8 system, the new Hyper-V version has been optimized to make Hyper-V more flexible in future cloud computing application scenarios, the following describes important innovations of the latest Hyper-V:

The memory performance of the virtual machine running under Microsoft Hyper-V has now reached 1 TB, which is twice that of the previous generation. The testing product of the previous generation can reach up to 512 GB. In addition, a virtual machine can now process up to 64 TB of virtual storage.

In Windows Server 8 Beta, each Hyper-V host now supports 160 Logic processors, up to 1024 virtual machines, and each cluster supports up to 64 nodes and up to 4000 virtual machines, each Virtual Machine supports 32 virtual processors.

In addition to improving the performance of a single virtual machine, with the release of the development version, the performance of the Hyper-V cluster has also been significantly improved, including the use of virtual fiber channel adapters by cluster users.

A new File System named Resilient File System can automatically detect and correct corrupted metadata based on Microsoft's new storage space. Compared with NTFS, ReFS has higher reliability.

Volume Shadow Copy Services (VSS) has now been extended to SMB Remote File Sharing. In addition, it supports end-to-end file system-level data encryption and sharing without the addition of IPSec or any specialized hardware and network.

With the help of the SMB guide, you can effectively improve the response time of client applications by reducing the number of rounds between the client and the server.

Primary computing can be used for data settings. Primary computing has two important functions: Folder Redirection and roaming configuration files. For security considerations, the Administrator is allowed to set the master computer relationship in the specified Active Directory.

In terms of offline file management, with the new long-term offline function, you can set the status in offline mode and easily access local cached files nearby. Synchronous automatic tracking of roaming and bandwidth usage restrictions during connection helps you avoid unexpected high data usage costs.

The new Hyper-V introduces a new Microsoft online backup service that allows enterprises to back up key data to Microsoft's public cloud and access and restore data from anywhere.

The IP integrated voice of remote desktop service and RemoteFX (VDI and server-side GPU acceleration) allows users to use thin clients to perform a wide array of virtualized desktop audio and video conferencing experiences, it is as smooth as a localized desktop application. The design of the Metro interface now extends to the VDI application of Windows 8 and is seamlessly integrated with the Remote Desktop client.

Advanced deduplication technology is built into the operating system to reduce overhead for similar data storage.

In terms of offloading data transmission (ODX), Windows Server 8 fully utilizes the advantages of the SAN array offloading function to greatly improve performance. ODX is used for Windows Server 8 Hyper-V Real-Time Migration (in other storage-related scenarios) to provide array support for hardware uninstallation.

With the official release of Windows Server 8, more new Hyper-V features will be officially announced. Let's wait and see!