QLogic 2600 Series Hyper-V Virtual Server Engine - Manual (Page 4)

The Great VM Migration
With many server admins working on their 3rd and
4th generation of virtualized servers, the focus has
changed from interoperability and learning the
behavior of Hyper-V, to increasing VM density
(#VMs/physical host server). With the availability of
servers based on Intel’s E5 processors (multi-core,
768GB of RAM, PCI Express® Gen3) and the
combination of new features within Hyper-V, a new,
game-changing compute platform was introduced.
This new platform allows for new levels of VM
density, and for the first time Tier-1 applications that
previously required dedicated server hardware can
now run on virtual servers, achieving the required
enterprise-ready performance, scalability, and
efficiency.
While Hyper-V and E5-based servers are seeing
significant deployments in many enterprise data
centers, the I/O and network infrastructure to
support these new technologies lags far behind. In a
survey conducted by IT Brand Pulse, IT professionals
said the average number of VMs per server would
almost double in the next 24 months. Approximately
25 percent of IT professionals surveyed also said
what they need most to increase the VM density is
more I/O bandwidth. The purpose of this industry
brief is to provide a planning guide to help
enterprises deploy Tier-1 applications with adequate
bandwidth in a dense Microsoft Hyper-V Server
2012 virtualization environment.
Power Needed for More VMs
Approximately 25 percent of IT professionals surveyed said
what they need most to increase the density of VMs per server
is more I/O bandwidth.
VM
Density
IT Brand Pulse
The average number of VMs per server in
my environment:
What I need most to increase the density of
VMs per physical servers is more:
IT Brand Pulse