Q: What are the new Hyper-V limits with Windows Server 2012 Release Candidate?
Learn about Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V limits.
John Savill
July 15, 2012
1 Min Read
A: Some Hyper-V limits have been increased for Windows Server 2012 (formerly code-named Windows Server 8) from the Beta to the Release Candidate. The table below shows the numbers:
System | Resource | Windows 2008 R2 Maximum | Windows Server "8" Beta | Windows Server 2012 RC | Improvement from 2008 R2 to 2012 RC |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Host | Logical Processors | 64 | 160 | 320 | 5x |
Host | Physical Memory | 1TB | 2TB | 4TB | 4x |
Host | Virtual processors per host | 512 | 1024 | 2048 | 4x |
VM | vCPUs per VM | 4 | 32 | 64 | 16x |
VM | Memory per VM | 64GB | 1TB | 1TB | 16x |
VM | Max virtual disk size | 2TB | 64TB | 64TB | 32x |
Cluster | Nodes | 16 | 64 | 64 | 4x |
Cluster | Virtual Machines | 1000 | 4000 | 4000 | 4x |
Find more information at the download site at Microsoft and the Microsoft article "What's New in Hyper-V."
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