
If you’re lucky enough to be starting in the research phase - meaning, you don’t already have an environment - then you have the most opportunity to build things properly. Client Hyper-V will follow the same general concepts with variable applicability. This content targets datacenter builds.It was written for the administrator who wants reasonable performance but also wants to stay under budget.

It’s a bit older, but I don’t see anything in it that requires immediate attention. I have already written an article on best practices for balanced systems.I am not trying to duplicate pure physical performance in a virtualized environment.I’ll expand ideas where I feel the need you can always ask questions in the comments section. I want to stay on target by listing the best practices with fairly minimal exposition.Subject matter scoped to the 2012 R product versions.For instance, a system that tries to provide high capacity at a low price point would have a slower performance profile than some alternatives. A system designed with performance in mind will be built differently from a system with different goals. It may deviate from other advice that I’ve given in other contexts.

This article focuses primarily on performance. From that, we can build a list of best practices that will help you to tune your system to provide maximum performance. Technology has changed and experience is continually teaching us new insights.

Everything needs to be faster, faster, faster! You can find any number of articles about improving Hyper-V performance and best practices, of course, unfortunately, a lot of the information contains errors, FUD, and misconceptions.
