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Windows Server 2016 Hyper-V Cookbook

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jan 2017
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781785884313
Length 524 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
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Table of Contents (13) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Installing and Managing Hyper-V in Full, Server Core, and Nano Server FREE CHAPTER 2. Migrating and Upgrading Physical and Virtual Servers 3. Managing Disk and Network Settings 4. Saving Time and Cost with Hyper-V Automation 5. Hyper-V Best Practices, Tips, and Tricks 6. Security and Delegation of Control 7. Configuring High Availability in Hyper-V 8. Disaster Recovery for Hyper-V 9. Azure Site Recovery and Azure Backup for Hyper-V 10. Monitoring, Tuning, and Troubleshooting Hyper-V A. Hyper-V Architecture and Components Index

Tuning your Hyper-V server


To help refine Hyper-V servers, you can think of what can be changed to improve their performance, security, and administration. The problem is that most people do it only when something is wrong.

You can save resources and improve performance by fine-tuning changes and by configuration that can be done before implementation or even in running servers.

This recipe is a little bit different from the others. Rather than tasks, it will provide you with tips and best practices from previous recipes, listing the principal features and configuration options that can help with server tuning.

Getting ready

Most of the listed information was already described in other chapters and recipes. Have a look at the See also section (at the end of this recipe) for links and references.

How to do it…

The following best practices help improve your Hyper-V server performance:

  • Use Nano Server wherever possible: The lower hardware consumption and number of updates and resources involved will...

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