QLogic 2600 Series Hyper-V Virtual Server Engine - Manual (Page 2)

Most medium and large-sized IT organizations have deployed several generations of virtualized servers and
they have become more comfortable with the performance and reliability with each deployment. As IT
organizations increased VM density, they reached the limits of Hyper-V software, server memory, CPU,
and I/O.
A new VM engine is now available and this document describes how it can help IT organizations maximize
use of their servers running Hyper-V® in Windows Server® 2012.
Best Practices in Hyper-V…………...……………..…………………………………………………...………..…3
Power Needed for More VMs………………………………………………..…………………………………….4
A New VM Engine…………………………………………………...……………………..……………..…………...5
A New VM Chassis ………………………………………..…………………………………………………………....6
Virtualized I/O………………………………....……………………………………….………………...……………..7
Racing Exhaust Systems: Gen 5 Fibre Channel, 10GbE, and Converged Networking………8
New Hyper-V Performance …………………………….………………………..………………………..……….9
Performance with Gen 5 Fibre Channel………………..………………………..………….……………...10
Live VM Migration…..……………………………….…………………………………….…………..…………….11
Live Storage Migration………………….…………..…………….………………..…………….………………..12
Lowering the Cost of VM I/O………………………...………………………..…………………………………13
Low-Latency Connectivity……………………………………………………………………………….……...…14
Scalability with Gen 5 Fibre Channel……………………………………………….………………………….15
Accelerating App Performance………………………………..……………………………………………...…16
The Bottom Line……….…………………………………………..……………………………………………….….17
Resources……….…………………………………………..…………………………………...………….……………18
Harnessing the Power
In a survey conducted by IT Brand, IT professionals said the
average number of VMs per server would almost double in the
next 24 months. VMs Per
Server