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24 Solutions Overview Guide
Storage Best Practices
Many virtualization features such as Quick Migration, High Availability, and
Failover Clustering are dependent on the existence of shared storage among
the servers in the virtualized environment. Decisions about how to design and
configure storage software and storage hardware affect the performance of
virtual machines.
For an overview of the storage options available in Hyper-V and Dell-
supported solutions, see the Dell Storage Solutions Guide for Microsoft Hyper-
V at www.dell.com/hyper-v.
Clustering Best Practices
High Availability in Hyper-V is achieved by leveraging the clustering capability
in Windows operating systems. Failover Clustering reduces the possibility of
any single point of failure in your virtualization environment causing your
workloads to become unavailable.
For information on implementing High Availability with Hyper-V and best
practices for configuring High Availability on Dell hardware, see the Dell High
Availability Solutions Guide for Microsoft Hyper-V at www.dell.com/hyper-v.
Dell Virtualization Advisor Tool for Hyper-V
In addition to the guidance provided in the solution guides, Dell has
developed a Virtualization Advisor tool that provides general guidance for
hardware configurations for Hyper-V deployments. This online tool
recommends a virtual infrastructure based either on new workload
requirements or based on the existing physical environment for consolidation
scenarios. The tool is meant for customers that have a familiarity with
virtualization and the input provided into the tool is utilized to determine
server, storage, and networking requirements for the virtualized solution. The
output of the advisor tool is a customized list of Dell supported hardware to
meet those requirements. The virtualization advisor tool is available at
http://www.dell.com/hyper-v.