I’m working on setting up a Jira Server 7.7 environment on my local machine using virtualization. I want to create a virtual machine for this setup, but I’m running into some confusion about supported platforms.
The official Atlassian documentation seems to focus mainly on VMware as the recommended virtualization solution. However, I have Windows Server 2016 available and would prefer to use Hyper-V for my virtual machine setup.
Has anyone successfully deployed Jira Server on Hyper-V? Are there any compatibility issues or performance concerns I should be aware of when using Hyper-V instead of VMware for hosting Jira? Any guidance on this would be really helpful.
I’ve run Jira Server on Hyper-V for two years - no major problems. Jira doesn’t care about the virtualization layer since it only sees the guest OS. Focus on giving it enough resources: 4GB RAM and 2 vCPUs minimum for dev work, maybe more if you’re hitting it hard. Hyper-V’s dynamic memory can cause hiccups during peak times, so I switched to fixed memory allocation. Way more stable. Database runs fine too - just don’t put the DB files on the same drive as your host OS. Bottom line: Hyper-V works great for Jira Server.
Hyper-V works great for Jira Server 7.7. I’ve been running our internal Jira on Hyper-V for over three years - no major issues. It’s all about proper config, not which hypervisor you pick. Turn off checkpoints on your production VM - they mess with database consistency. Use the synthetic network adapter instead of legacy for better performance. Storage matters way more than the virtualization platform. Put your VHDX files on fast storage with good IOPS. The official docs push VMware because of market share, but Hyper-V performs just as well if you set it up right.
i’ve had no probs with jira 7.x on hyper-v for ages. they hype vmware but honestly, any good hypervisor is fine. just make sure ur vm has good disk performance and its all good.