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Microsoft Hyper-V Cluster Design

You're reading from   Microsoft Hyper-V Cluster Design To achieve a Windows Server system that virtually takes care of itself, you need to master Hyper-V cluster design. This book is the perfect tutorial on the subject, providing clear instruction on expanding into the virtualized environment.

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Product type Paperback
Published in Oct 2013
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ISBN-13 9781782177685
Length 462 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Table of Contents (14) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Hyper-V Cluster Orientation FREE CHAPTER 2. Cluster Design and Planning 3. Constructing a Hyper-V Server Cluster 4. Storage Design 5. Network Design 6. Network Traffic Shaping and Performance Enhancements 7. Memory Planning and Management 8. Performance Testing and Load Balancing 9. Special Cases 10. Maintaining and Monitoring a Hyper-V Server Cluster 11. High Availability 12. Backup and Disaster Recovery Index

Chapter 6. Network Traffic Shaping and Performance Enhancements

In addition to the new technologies that Windows Server 2012 offers for transmitting and receiving network traffic, there are also new ways to manage how that traffic flows. This chapter will also introduce you to several hardware-based features that your systems can exploit to govern and improve networking performance.

In this chapter, you will learn about the following topics:

  • Windows Server Quality of Service
  • Using Data Center Bridging for hardware Quality of Service
  • Changing advanced settings on network adapters
  • Configuring jumbo frames for increased throughput
  • Network acceleration features such as VMQ, RSS, RDMA, and SR-IOV
  • The potential for the Hyper-V switch
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