Hyper-V was originally released with Windows Server 2008. With the release of Windows Server 2008 R2, some new features have made it into Hyper-V as well. Some of these improvements surround performance. Anthony F. Voellm updated an original FAQ about Hyper-V performance to include some of these improvements. The FAQ contains the following:

• Q: Is there a place that compares features and versions of Hyper-V?
• Q: What is the recommend configuration for performance testing?
• Q: How do I monitor performance?
• Q: Is there any “official” documentation for Hyper-V performance counters?
• Q: Are there any official virtualization benchmarks I can use to compare machines and virtualization solutions?
• Q: Is there any common terminology used to talk about virtual machine configurations?
• Q: How much memory should I reserve for the root?
• Q: Are there any services that should be stopped?
• Q: Is it ok run applications / processes in the root OS?
• Q: Is there a simple way to disable the hypervisor to run some baseline tests on the native system
• Q: Should I use passthrough disks or iSCSI attached to the guest for storage?
• Q: Are there ways to reduce overall networking overhead?
• Q: Are there additional knobs for performance nuts?
• Q: Are their additional resources that are useful for understanding Hyper-V?

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