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We have just announced that in Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 we will be adding a new feature to Microsoft called “Dynamic Memory”. The goal of this feature is to allow for better utilization of memory by dynamically adding and removing memory from running virtual machines.
I am really excited about this for many reasons – one of which is that Dynamic Memory is my baby (I am the program manager primarily responsible for this feature).
I am not going to say too much about it today – as I do not like to talk about things that readers of my blog cannot play with themselves – but once a beta release is available you can expect me to have a lot to say about this feature.
Cheers,
Ben
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Anonymous
March 18, 2010
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March 18, 2010
Hi Janson, Sorry - I am not going to go into specifics at this point in time. But as I mentioned - you can expect a lot of information here when the beta is released. Cheers, BenAnonymous
March 18, 2010
Fantastic news its been seriously lacking mem management!!! :)Anonymous
March 18, 2010
glas you got a new photo. now no one will think you are a hippy anymore.Anonymous
March 18, 2010
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March 18, 2010
Janson, Dynamic Memory Allocation was actually announced at PDC 2008 in LA. It was originally supposed to be a part of the Hyper-V 2008 R2 release, but was apparently cut. Based on the details available from PDC 2008 there does not appear to be an overcommit capability (assuming that it has not changed since then). You can Google/Bing around for more details, but the gist is available at: http://hypervoria.com/hyper-v/hyper-v-2-0-feature-overview.aspxAnonymous
March 21, 2010
This is great news!! Now we don't have to hear how VMWare has this and Hyper-V doesn't. I'm not saying VMWare is a dead product...I am however saying that it may be by the time server 2012 is released :) Thanks MikeAnonymous
March 23, 2010
how about official support for unc based quroum resources? As in guest level clustering without iscsi storage. Also Mike K. competition is a good thing, right? thanksAnonymous
March 25, 2010
> you can expect a lot of information here when the beta is released. Any expected dates for beta release? ;)Anonymous
March 31, 2010
Due to the lack of this fature, I have been thinking over a few cans of beer whether to move to VMWare. As I type this comment, I have the ESXI installer inserted in my Hyper-V R2 server. The fate of 8 VM's in my home network are at the hands of patience (to wait) and the effects of alcohol. Being the impatient person that I am, it feels like having to wait until 2012 for its release. Now tell me, 2 years of waiting ain't that bad at all, right?Anonymous
March 31, 2010
Ben, the alcohol in my blood makes me say this to you: YOU ARE A TEASE!!!Anonymous
April 26, 2010
I understand that you can't talk/would not like to talk about this yet, and hope you can soon with a beta release of SP1!!! However, looking around I found the following series which others may find of interest: http://blogs.technet.com/virtualization/archive/tags/Dynamic+Memory/default.aspx Cheers Janson