HP BL680c Implementing Microsoft Windows Server Hyper-V Release Candidate 1 (R - Page 6

HP recommendations HP recommends the configurations in Table 2 when running Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V RC1 as the parent virtual machine. Table 2. HP recommended configurations for running the parent virtual machine Component Requirement Processor • Minimum: 1.6 GHz dual-core • Recommended: 2.66 GHz dual-core • Optimal: dual 3 GHz quad-core or faster RAM per processor core • Minimum: 512 MB • Recommended: 2 GB • Optimal: 3 GB Disk subsystem • Minimum: One physical disk for Host OS + one additional disk per guest OS • Recommended: One redundant disk for host OS + one additional redundant disk per two guest OSs • Optimal: One redundant disk for host OS + one additional redundant disk for snapshots + one additional redundant disk per two guest OSs Network interface controllers • (NICs) • Minimum: One NIC for host OS management and guest virtual networking Recommended: One NIC for host OS Management and one NIC for guest virtual networking Processor requirements Microsoft provides virtualization functionality in Windows Server 2008 x64 Standard, Enterprise, or Datacenter Edition for systems with the following processors: • Intel Xeon® processors with Intel Extended Memory 64 Technology (EM64T) • Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD64) Opteron® Series processors Table 3 lists the processor requirements for Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V RC1. Table 3. Processor requirements for Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V RC1 Component Processor RAM per processor Hardware Data Execution Prevention Requirement • AMD-V • Intel-VT • Minimum: 1 GB • Recommended: 2 GB • Optimal: 4 GB Enabled 6