New 2k8 Server R2 is smoking fast

[holden j caufield]

I don't know when this came out (recently?) but I've been playing with 2k8 datacenter R2 w hypervisor and after a few bios tweaks I've got 30 Virtuals running on it and it's not even scratching the surface. If you haven't played with it you should definitely give it a try. Or if you've been using it for awhile and have some tips post them up.

 

[imagoon]

What is the load pattern? 30 idle machines = cake.

 

[zuffy]

Fast comparing to what... 2008, 2008 with SP1, 2008 eith SP2, ESX? The hardware will play a bigger role than the OS host will.

 

[Emulex]

does R2 support thin provisioning and memory overcommit? those were two sad points of 2008 plus the lack of clustered filesystem that made me pass.

one thing i noticed hyper-v will use idle cores to help a mostly idle box seem faster. likewise with disk i/o.

when you have 2-4 machines going and the rest idle they would appear much faster on hyper-v than esx but when you actually have 10-20 machines going this effect would go away.

I'm curious what good backup solutions are available for clustered storage volumes. Wasn't sure if DPM supported that yet.

 

[holden j caufield]

just playing around with, some are running exchange, one will be running exchange 2010 beta, ipmonitor, definitely not idle