Hyper-V 2008 R2 SP1: Dynamic Memory Settings
Note: This article is based on Hyper-V 2.0, and might not apply to Hyper-V 3.0 (Server 2012)
Startup RAM
- Default: 512 MB
- Minimum: 8 MB
- Step: 2 MB
Figure 1. Hyper-V Manager: Startup RAM
Figure 2. SCVMM 2008 R2 SP1: Startup memory
Maximum RAM
- Default: 65536 MB (64 GB)
- Maximum: 65536 MB (64 GB)
- Step: 2 MB
Figure 3. Hyper-V Manager: Maximum RAM
Figure 4. SCVMM 2008 R2 SP1: Maximum memory
Memory buffer
- Default: 20%
- Minimum: 5%
- Maximum: 2000%
- Step: 1%
Figure 7. Hyper-V Manager: Memory buffer
Figure 8. SCVMM 2008 R2 SP1: Memory buffer
Memory weight
- Default: 5000
- Minimum: 0
- Maximum: 10000
- Step: 1250 (in Hyper-V Manager)
- Step: 1 (in SCVMM 2008 R2 SP1 - Custom mode)
Figure 5. Hyper-V Manager: Memory weight
Figure 6. SCVMM 2008 R2 SP1: Priority
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