Implementing Microsoft® Windows Server® 2008 R2 Hyper-V™ and Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 R2

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Table 2. Host OS configuration recommended by Microsoft
Component Requirement
512 MB 2 GB 2 GB (full)
-Or-
1 GB (core)
Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 Standard Enterprise
-Or-
Datacenter
Maximum RAM 64-bit systems*
32 GB 32 GB 2 TB
Monitor SVGA resolution (800x600) or higher
Optical storage DVD drive
Minimum Recommended Available disk space**
10 GB 40 GB (or greater)
*Computers with more than 16 GB of RAM will require more disk space for paging and dump files.
**Available disk space refers to the free disk space on the partition to contain the system files.
Additional space is required if the Windows Server 2008 R2 CD contents are copied to the hard disk
during installation.
HP recommendations
HP recommends the configurations in Table 3 for running Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V as the
parent virtual machine.
Table 3. HP configuration recommendations for running the parent virtual machine
Component Requirement
Minimum Recommended Optimum
Processor
dual-core, 1.6 GHz dual-core, 2.66 GHz two quad-core, 3 GHz (or
faster)
RAM per processor core
512 MB 2 GB 3 GB
Disk subsystem
• One physical disk
for host OS
• One additional
disk per guest OS
•
One redundant disk
for host OS
• One additional
redundant disk per
two guest OSs
•
One redundant disk for host
OS
• One additional redundant
disk for snapshots
• One additional redundant
disk per two guest OSs
NICs
One NIC for host OS
management and
guest virtual
networking
• One NIC for host OS
Management
• One NIC for guest
virtual networking
Not applicable