Microsoft just recently announced the release of Windows Server 2012. You can find more on this announcement here ( microsoft.com/ws2012 ).
I wanted to take a moment to highlight some of the improvements in Server 2012, specifically around virtualization. It is a fair statement that Microsoft has been playing a catch up game with virtualization over the first few years of the product existance.
That changed significantly, with Hyper-V on Server 2008, when customers saw an enterprise class hypervisor emerge. It further improved with the release of Windows Server 2008 R2. And now…with additions to Hyper-V on Server 2012, Microsoft is leading the industry in hypervisor specifications. Have a look:
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Windows Server 2012 Standard/Datacenter Editions with Hyper-V Enabled
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Windows Server 2008 R2 |
Windows Server 2012 |
Improvement Factor |
Logical Processors Per Host |
64 |
320* |
5x |
Physical Memory per Host |
1 Terabyte |
4 Terabytes* |
4x |
Virtual Processors per Host |
512 |
2048* |
4x |
Virtual Machines per Host |
384 |
1024* |
2.7x |
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Virtual Processors per VM |
4 |
64 |
16x |
Memory per VM |
64 Gigabytes |
1 Terabyte |
16x |
Maximum Virtual Disk |
~2 TB |
64 TB* |
32x |
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Nodes in a Cluster |
16 |
64* |
4x |
Virtual Machine in a Cluster |
1,000 |
8,000* |
8x |
*= Industry Leading