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How to Optimize Microsoft Hyper-V Failover Cluster and Double Performance
The document outlines the optimization of Microsoft Hyper-V failover clusters, covering key aspects such as setup, storage components, management tools, and performance enhancements. It emphasizes a hyper-converged infrastructure approach to improve efficiency and reduce costs, showcasing the benefits of agentless antivirus and derived performance from VM-centric storage. The presentation includes practical steps for implementation and invites questions from attendees.
How to Optimize Microsoft Hyper-V Failover Cluster and Double Performance
- 1. HOW TO OPTIMIZEMICROSOFT HYPER-V FAILOVER CLUSTER AND DOUBLE PERFORMANCE Max Kolomyeytsev StarWindVirtual SAN Product Manager Alex Karavanov 5nine Director of Sales Engineering
- 2. АGENDA Clustering evolution:from application clusters to a fully virtualized datacenter Hyper-V Cluster Setup Storage component Management component Agentless Antivirus Implementation scenarios Q&A
- 3. STARWIND SOFTWARE Ownership:Privately held withVC backend since 2008, spin-off from Rocket Division Software Investors: VEEAM, Almaz Capital, AVentures Product: StarWindVirtual SAN™ storage virtualization software Users: More than 250,000 paying and playing customers Headquarters: Boston, MA, USA Number of employees: 50+ Customer care: Worldwide, 24x7x365 support Global Alliance Partners: Microsoft,VMware, Citrix, Dell, IBM, HP,VEEAM
- 4. 5NINE SOFTWARE Leading solutionsprovider of management & security applications forWindows Server & Microsoft Hyper-V environments: • Products built exclusively for Hyper-V ecosystem • Hyper-V Management for SMB • Powerful agentless and multi-tenant security for Hyper-V • Easy conversion fromVMware to Hyper-V Headquartered in Chicago with offices in New Jersey, Boston and St. Petersburg. More than 50,000 clients worldwide. www.5nine.com
- 5. CLUSTERING EVOLUTION $ Old daysVirtualized architecture $$ $
- 6. WHAT DOES FREEHYPER-V OFFER OUT OFTHE BOX? Out of the box Experience enhancements
- 7. HYPER-V CLUSTER SETUP 1.Make sure the Hyper-V role is enabled on all hosts 2. Install the Failover Clustering feature on each Hyper-V host 3. Install the MPIO feature on each Hyper-V host 4. Configure and provision shared storage 5. Configure an external virtual network switch on each Hyper-V host 6. Run cluster validation tests 7. Create a new cluster 8. Provision Cluster SharedVolumes from the available cluster storage
- 8. STORAGE COMPONENT Zero hardwarefootprint o Dramatically reduced CapEx and OpEx o Complete storage fault tolerance with just 2 servers o No specialized staff required for management o Can run on Free & CoreWindows Server editions
- 9. WHY HYPER-CONVERGED • NativeWindowsapplication • High performance for Microsoft Hyper-V due to reducing I/O path: reads and writes go locally and server side running RAM and flash cache dramatically increases the performance
- 10. VM-CENTRIC STORAGE (LSFS) •Increases storage performance by eliminating “IO blender” effect • Resurrects parity RAID use for write-intensive workloads • Accelerates IO using distributed RAM and Flash cache • Preserves flash lifecycle
- 11. DEDUPLICATION • In-Line IOdeduplication engine • Doesn’t hurt flash by doing double IO like it is with offline deduplication • Accelerates storage since less IO goes to the disks and more IO goes to RAM • Combined with LSFS makes SATA RAID5 perform as good as SAS RAID10
- 12. SNAPSHOTS AND INTER-NODESTORAGETIERING • Preserves space on the primary storage system • Snapshot storage now works as additional DR source
- 13. ASYNCHRONOUS REPLICATION • Workswith anyWAN connection faster than 2 Mb/s • Doesn’t require dedicated physical hardware on DR site • DR instance can run as aVM
- 14. MANAGEMENT COMPONENT Turn PowerShellinto GUI Dramatically simplify and save money on Hyper-V management Manage your Hyper-V clusters Get a user-friendly management GUI forWindows Server Core and Microsoft Hyper-V Server Manage different Hyper-V versions (2012 R2/ 2012/ 2008 R2 SP1) from a single console Use any client 64-bit system starting from Windows 7, to access and manage your Hyper-V hosts remotely
- 15. VM’S RESOURCES MONITORING All important real-time information in one table Customizable columns – select what matters the most for you. Extra columns include: vCPU, IPv6 address, Guest OS, Notes,VM Id, RDP IP address, RDP IPv6 address, FQDN, Status Use Replication Health Monitoring and Replication Failure notifications to support DR scenarios
- 16. VM’S RESOURCES MONITORING Performance graphs forVirtual Machines and Hosts Top resources users Real-time alerts based onWarning and Critical thresholds Hosts: CPU, Memory, DiskTime, Network VM’s: CPU and Memory
- 17. AUTOMATIC DYNAMIC OPTIMIZATION AutomateVMs migration process to get the max performance out of your environment Create Cluster, Shared storage and Mixed Dynamic Optimization Groups Keep desiredVMs distribution via “Simultaneous Migration” or “Store on Different Hosts” rules Optimal level of capacity for each Hyper-V host
- 18. AGENTLESS ANTIVIRUS DirectAccess toVHD/VHDX files Incremental Scan technology based on CBT (Changed BlocksTracking) – up to 70x faster ScansVirtual Machines even in OFF state NO antivirus storms VMs performance boost 30% more resources available forVMs Immediate or scheduled AV jobs 2-7 minutes full system scan time on average
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- 21. IMPLEMENTATION SCENARIOS Central Site Branch Office Branch Office Remote Office Remote Office Branch Office Microsoft Hyper-V Server StarWind VirtualSAN 5nine Manager Microsoft Hyper-V Server StarWind Virtual SAN 5nine Manager Minimum and Sufficient Highly Available Hyper-V Cluster
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- 23. Q&A Feel free toask the presenters any questions
- 24. CONTACT US Download 5nine Managerfor Hyper-V with Antivirus: http://www.5nine.com/manager#antivirus Contact 5nine Software: USA/Canada: +1 617 982-1261 Europe: +44 (20) 7048-2021 sales@5nine.com info@5nine.com Download StarWindVirtual SAN 30-DayTrial here: www.starwind.com/starwind-virtual-san/ StarWind Software Inc.: 301 Edgewater Place,Wakefield, MA 01880 USA/Canada: 1-617-449-7717 EMEA and Asia: +44-207-193-67-27 sales@starwindsoftware.com info@starwindsoftware.com