Live Migration Speed Check List – Take It Easy To Speed It Up

When configuring live migrations it’s easy to go scrounge on all the features and capabilities we have in Windows Server 2012 R2. There is no one stopping you configuring 50 simultaneous live migrations. When you have only one, two or … Continue reading

DELL Has Great Windows Server 2012 R2 Feature Support – Consistent Device Naming–Which They Help Develop

The issue Plug ‘n Play enumeration of devices has been very useful for loading device drivers automatically but isn’t deterministic. As devices are enumerated in the order they are received it will be different from server to server but also … Continue reading

Live Migration over SMB Direct leaves more CPU cycles for Virtual RSS (vRSS) in Windows Server 2012 R2

I recently (January 22nd 2014) gave a WebCast presentation for the Dutch Windows Management User Group (@WMUG_NL) in which I made the case for using SMB Direct with Live Migration to save CPU cycles other (VM) workloads. There are several … Continue reading