{"id":1704,"date":"2011-02-07T11:09:38","date_gmt":"2011-02-07T11:09:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bodhost.com\/web-hosting\/?p=1704"},"modified":"2026-02-26T14:04:36","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T14:04:36","slug":"hyper-v-hosting-faqs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bodhost.com\/kb\/hyper-v-hosting-faqs\/","title":{"rendered":"Hyper-v Hosting FAQs"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<h2><strong>What is a Hyper-V Server?<\/strong><\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Microsoft Hyper V Server 2008 is a virtualization product to virtualizes a single stand-alone server through a hypervisor to handle multiple workloads. It offers a reliable and efficient virtualization solution that easily fits into users&#8217; existing IT infrastructure so that they can increase server utilization and decrease costs.<strong><br \/><\/strong><\/p>\r\n<h3 class=\"has-text-align-left\"><strong>What are the key advantages of Microsoft Hyper-V hosting?<\/strong><\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>You can easily virtualize a single server with a Hyper-V hypervisor. It&#8217;s a very light product with just the Windows hypervisor and other kernel components to support virtualization. As the Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 is developed on Windows hypervisor, it is inherently more secure without any third-party device drivers it.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>It can be easily deployed on customers\u2019 existing IT environments to further improve their existing patching, provisioning, management, and support tools and processes. ITPros can easily leverage their existing knowledge and skills with Microsoft virtualization products, as well as the collective knowledge of the community, minimizing any learning curve.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h4><strong>What are the new features of Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 R2?<\/strong><\/h4>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>The key new features in Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 are:<br \/>Live Migration<br \/>Host Clustering<br \/>Support for up to 64 Logical Processors<br \/>Processor Compatibility Mode for live migration\u2013 allows live migration across different CPU versions within the same processor family (e.g.,\u201d Intel Core 2-to-Intel Pentium 4\u201d or \u201cAMD Opteron-to-AMD Athlon\u201d), enabling migration across a broader range of Hyper-V host hardware.<br \/>Networking Enhancements:<br \/>VM Chimney (TCP Offload) and VMQ support disabled by default<br \/>Jumbo Frame Support<br \/>Improved network performance via support for TCP Chimney and VMQ (specific hardware NICs required)<br \/>Performance Enhancements:<br \/>Hot Add\/Remove of storage (VHDs and Pass Through Disks)<br \/>Second Level Address Translation (SLAT) processor support for both Intel (EPT) and AMD (RVI)<br \/>Core Parking<br \/>Improved VHD performance for dynamic and different disks<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h4><strong>What is the difference between Hyper-V and Microsoft Hyper-V Server?<\/strong><\/h4>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Hyper-V is a virtualization product using a hypervisor for virtualizing Windows Server 2008. 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