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Developers and end users derive best practices over time from their collective experience. Dell Technologies builds best practices into the design of next-generation products. With mature technologies such as Hyper-V and Dell Technologies storage appliances, default settings and configurations typically incorporate the latest best practices.
As a result, tuning is often unnecessary and discouraged unless a specific design, situation, or workload will benefit from a different configuration. This document highlights situations where the default settings or configurations might not be optimal for Hyper-V.
Best practice design objectives commonly incorporate the following principles:
Best practices are baselines that might not be ideal for every environment, including the following examples:
Note: We recommend that you follow the best practices described in this document. However, best practice recommendations might not apply to all environments. If questions arise, contact your Dell Technologies representative.