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Hyper-V

Windows Server 2008 Virtualisation
fast, reliable and available ... now

Reducing the cost of Virtual Private Servers with no loss of functionality or reliability ...

Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V

What is it?

Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V, the next-generation hypervisor-based server virtualisation technology, is available as an integral feature of Windows Server 2008 and enables the implementation of server virtualisation with ease.

Hyper-V allows companies to make the best use of their server hardware systems by consolidating multiple server roles as separate virtual machines (VMs) running on a single physical machine. With Hyper-V, they can also efficiently run multiple different operating systems—Windows, Linux, and others—in parallel, on a single server, and take full advantage of the power of x64 computing.

What has it got to do with me?

Hyper-V allows RapidHost to offer Virtual Private Servers (known as Virtual Dedicated Servers within Hyper-V) with all of the same robustness as before, but with significantly improved cost-performance and greater technical capability, including VPS fail-overclustering for business-critical applications and fewer low-level driver restrictions.

What does it do that's better?

  • VPS Fail-Over Clustering - a VPS can now be configured so that if there is a server hardware failure, the VPS will be automatically brought-up on another server.  This provides excellent continuity in the event of specific hardware failures.
  • Support for low-level drivers - Hyper-V allows each VPS to be configured with the same range of low-level drivers and services that an equivalent dedicated server would.  Some other virtualisation systems restrict the use of low-level drivers (such as those used in encryption software).
  • Support for VPN Servers and Private Switched Networks - some virtualisation systems do not allow the use of VPN server software within the virtual environment.  Hyper-V not only supports this, but also allows multiple VPSs to have their own 'Virtual Private Switch'.
  • More efficient use of managed dedicated servers - Hyper-V can be used within a managed dedicated server to partition the environment into a number of virtual machines that could be prioritised to specific computing tasks, such as a database server, terminal services controller, application server and so on.  With the licence fee for Microsoft's Windows 2008 Server Standard Edition there is the capability to create one VPS, within the licence for Enterprise Edition you can create up to four VPSs. Through Hyper-V, each VPS could run a different operating system to the dedicated server itself thus freeing up the choice of applications and services that can be consolidated onto a single server.

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Hyper-V - Diagram

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