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Windows Hyper-V Beta what's that ??? (Updated 12/13/2007)

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Windows Hyper-V was previously called "Windows Server Virtualization" and shipped in the Windows Beta as a prerelease. Now Hyper-V Beta (different name same cool product) is shipping with the latest Windows RC bits. Get it here https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=8F22F69E-D1AF-49F0-8236-2B742B354919&displaylang=en). Also see the press release here https://blogs.technet.com/windowsserver/archive/2007/12/12/Yes_2C00_-Virginia_2C00_-there-is-a-Hyper_2D00_V-beta.aspx.

So what is Hyper-V? Simply put Hyper-V is Microsoft's next generation virtual machines product. It replaces Microsoft Virtual Server and has a whole new architecture along with lots of interesting enhancements. In the redesign from Virtual Server Hyper-V became a hypervisor based product rather than use ring compression (rings are isolation levels used by operating systems to prevent apps and the kernel from interacting without tight controls). The goal of moving to a hypervisor based solution is improved security and performance.

Some of the interesting enhancements to name just a few are;

  • X64 Support (both root and guests)
  • 10 level deep snapshots
  • Pass-through drives
  • Supports Multiprocessors guests

As the person responsible for performance inside the Hyper-V product team I'm confident is saying you'll see the hypervisor investment is really paying off. As you use the product I'd love to get your feedback on Hyper-V performance. Please post a comment.

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  • Anonymous
    December 06, 2007
    PingBack from http://www.absolutely-people-search.info/?p=3890

  • Anonymous
    December 06, 2007
    Is there some way to get 100mb or Gigibit network drivers? After install, the network driver is only 10mb. Seems like we could get better network performance if the virtual nic is the same as the actual nic. ~ Paul

  • Anonymous
    December 06, 2007
    Paul, Please send me email directly on the 10mb issue via the link to left. Are you talking about the root or guest ?  Thanks,    Tony

  • Anonymous
    December 06, 2007
    Are there any changes to Hyper-V in Windows 2008 RC1 compared to RC0?

  • Anonymous
    December 06, 2007
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  • Anonymous
    December 07, 2007
    Is there going to be a version for Vista?

  • Anonymous
    December 07, 2007
    I'm planning to buy a second sata harddrive (80gb) for my laptop (core2 duo, 64bit), because I do not own a lot of 64bit production ready hardware... Do you think it would be possible to do some small tests with Hyper-V on my laptop? The base requirements are Intel 64bit with VT right?

  • Anonymous
    December 07, 2007
    Lambros, Hyper-V is part of Windows Server.  If you want a Virtual Machine Solution for Vista you can download VirtualPC from http://www.microsoft.com for free.  The architecture is completely differnt so the performance and capabilities are completely different.  However if what you want is a Virtual Machine for Hacking / Dev / Test / AppCompat it works well enough.  Tony

  • Anonymous
    December 07, 2007
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  • Anonymous
    December 07, 2007
    Sorry about the misinformation on RC1.  Looks like whatever is after RC1 (RC1+/RC2??) will have the new Beta bits - bug fixes, more hardware support, performance improvements, ...  One way to be sure is if you see the "Hyper-V" role and the EULA says beta.  Anything titled "Windows Server Virtualization" is prerelease.  Tony

  • Anonymous
    January 04, 2008
    Using a client's specific workload of custom applications, Hyper-V on my laptop outperformed VMware ESX.

  • Anonymous
    January 15, 2008
    I've done some testing with both RC0 and RC1 and I have noticed a big difference in the way that performance monitor reports CPU utilizaiton between the two.  I'm still finalizing my results with RC1, so can't say how the performance compares yet, but there does appear to be some differences.  Check it out on my blog - http://www.delltechcenter.com/page/Virtualization+Frontier In RC1 it is referred to as Hyper-V when you install it and in RC0 it was called Windows Server Virtualization.  So it looks to me like there are new bits with RC1. Thanks - Todd

  • Anonymous
    February 04, 2008
    Todd - RC0 has Hyper-V preview (aka WSV) and RC1 / RTM of WS08 have Hyper-V Beta.

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