• Extend System/Boot Volume on Windows Server 2008/ Windows Vista/Win7 Beta

      I’m sure the subject of extending volumes and drives due to lack of space or other reasons is still a good subject for IT Professionals who work with Windows Servers or Clients. There are public documents such as KB325590 or the following TechNet...
  • Hyper-V Guest Clustering Step-by-Step Guide

    You might have wondered about how to setup Failover Cluster inside Hyper-V Virtual Machines. As you know, the major element of a cluster is the shared storage piece. Inside Hyper-V VMs, iSCSI is the only supported method of providing shared disks over...
  • Virtual Machine RAM and Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V Dynamic Memory

    With the introduction of Microsoft Hyper-V Dynamic Memory (DM), there’s been many discussions around DM configuration. Before Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V, the only options available in User Interface were Startup and Maximum RAM. You could however use...
  • How to determine the appropriate page file size on my server

    I’ve seen the question of how big the page file has to be on a serer several times. As you may know the rule of thumb is to make it 1.5 times the physical RAM. But sometime system would have a different recommended value for your page file size. What...
  • What’s the story of Pagefile size on Hyper-V Servers?

      This question comes up frequently. So, how do we size the pagefile on Hyper-V host servers and how about Virtual Machines? Here’s the all you should know; Paging File Configuration within the VM Proper paging file configuration is vital to the...