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Hyper-V Dynamic Memory

 

As you already know, the product group announced the Dynamic Memory feature for Hyper-V with the SP1 release. Here you will find several links with information about how the new functionality works.

Part 1: Dynamic Memory announcement. This blog announces the new Hyper-V Dynamic Memory in Hyper-V R2 SP1, including requirements. https://blogs.technet.com/virtualization/archive/2010/03/18/dynamic-memory-coming-to-hyper-v.aspx

Part 2: Capacity Planning from a Memory Standpoint. Details issues to consider for memory capacity planning and why. https://blogs.technet.com/virtualization/archive/2010/03/25/dynamic-memory-coming-to-hyper-v-part-2.aspx

Part 3: Page Sharing. Detailed discussion about the TLB, large memory pages, how page sharing works, SuperFetch and more. https://blogs.technet.com/virtualization/archive/2010/04/07/dynamic-memory-coming-to-hyper-v-part-3.aspx

Part 4: Page Sharing Follow-Up. Questions answered about Page Sharing and ASLR and other factors. https://blogs.technet.com/b/virtualization/archive/2010/04/21/dynamic-memory-coming-to-hyper-v-part-4.aspx

Part 5: Second Level Paging. Details why should avoid this in a virtualized environment, including Performance impacts. https://blogs.technet.com/b/virtualization/archive/2010/05/20/dynamic-memory-coming-to-hyper-v-part-5.aspx

Part 6: Hyper-V Dynamic Memory. Discusses DM, and each of the per virtual machine settings. https://blogs.technet.com/b/virtualization/archive/2010/07/12/dynamic-memory-coming-to-hyper-v-part-6.aspx

How do you manage dynamic memory from Windows 7?

https://blogs.msdn.com/b/virtual_pc_guy/archive/2010/08/06/how-do-you-manage-dynamic-memory-from-windows-7.aspx

What is "memory priority" when service pack 1 is installed?

https://blogs.msdn.com/b/virtual_pc_guy/archive/2010/08/05/what-is-the-memory-priority-when-service-pack-1-is-installed.aspx

What is the memory buffer when dynamic memory is enabled?

https://blogs.msdn.com/b/virtual_pc_guy/archive/2010/08/04/what-is-the-memory-buffer-when-dynamic-memory-is-enabled.aspx

What happens if you enable dynamic memory on an unsupported guest operating system?

https://blogs.msdn.com/b/virtual_pc_guy/archive/2010/08/03/what-happens-if-you-enable-dynamic-memory-on-an-unsupported-guest-operating-system.aspx

Enabling Dynamic Memory

https://blogs.msdn.com/b/virtual_pc_guy/archive/2010/08/02/enabling-dynamic-memory.aspx

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Cristian Edwards