Optimizing Microsoft Virtual Server

Wednesday, 08 November 2006 by Michel Roth

Performance issues rank high on the list of technical concerns related to virtualization. Organizations are often ready to jump toward the use of virtual machines, but only if they can be sure that their applications will continue to perform well. Although virtualization overhead is inevitable, it's important to understand how to address bottlenecks and increase performance.

This series will focus on strategies for optimizing the performance of virtual machines running on Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 R2. While most of the general tips also apply to other virtualization platforms (such as VMware and Xen), I'll focus on Microsoft's platform when illustrating specifics. I'll cover methods to optimize CPU, memory, disk and network performance. The goal is to help you manage and optimize performance based on Virtual Server's architecture and your business and technical needs.

Read the entire article at SearchServerVirtualization.com.