Virtualization Platform Comparison
Published: September 4, 2012
Updated: October 18, 2012
Applies To: Hyper-V Server 2012
This table summarizes the differences between various versions of Microsoft Hyper-V Server.
| Capability | Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 | Hyper-V Server 2012 |
|---|---|---|
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Number of logical processors on host |
64 |
320 |
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Maximum supported RAM on host |
1 TB |
4 TB |
|
Virtual CPUs supported per host |
512 |
2048 |
|
Maximum virtual CPUs supported per virtual machine |
4 |
64 |
|
Maximum RAM supported per virtual machine |
64 GB |
1 TB |
|
Maximum running virtual machines supported per host |
384 |
1024 |
|
Guest NUMA |
No |
Yes |
|
Maximum failover cluster nodes supported |
16 |
64 |
|
Maximum number of virtual machines supported in failover clustering |
1000 |
8000 |
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Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2012
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Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 R2
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