Hyper-V 3.0 Performance
i new system administrator @ company work for. when started ran citrix xenserver 6.1 free edition hypervisors. came company used microsoft have been pushing hyper-v 3.0 here hard. set 2 identical hosts 1 running xenserver 6.1 , other hyper-v 3.0 core. installed identical vms on each host, using oss technet subscription. very disappointed when vm on citrix xenserver continuously ran faster. want use hyper-v because easier manage. however, supervisors not convinced because of performance hit vms experience. have updated bios on each machine, updated drivers, installed updates microsoft, disabled chimney offload on nics, , still hyper-v slower. @ 1 point boss thought in denial citrix way go. not me bashing hyper-v. there else other drivers, bios, , microsoft updates causing such degradation in speed? have tried test on 2 different machines. first on asus servers. when didn’t results wanted switched dell servers, r710s, , results same. guidance appreciated.
this example xenserver has tuned for, due focus on vdi. since workload in case client.
the reality today is not uncommon have mixed hypervisors. 1 being better 1 type of workload another. have done demonstr
ate that.
brian ehlert
http://itproctology.blogspot.com
learn. apply. repeat.
disclaimer: attempting change of own free will.
Windows Server > Hyper-V
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