Re: Hypervisor Virtualization Question

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I don't understand my options here...

When preparing a new machine to be a host of a few virtual machines, I
understand that I must first install Windows Server 2008, and then
install the Hypervisor service/role.

correct


But backing up a bit... when I'm walking through the install for the
host Windows Server 2008, should this host OS grab all the disk space so
the the virtual machines (that will come later) get their disk space
from the host Windows Server 2008 system? Or should I leave empty
partitions on the raw disk and the virtual machines will have direct
access to the disks themselves?

That is up to you, both have advandtages

the advandtage of having .vhd files as virtual disks, is that they do not
occupy the full size of the virtual disk, only the size they are actually
using.
the advandtage of a passthru disk is obviously performance !

the choice is yours

rgds,
edwin.



Thanks,
Guy


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