a lesser need or removed from the virtual machine.
Figure 2.14 shows the dialog box for configuring memory in Windows Server 2012.
Note that if the Enable Dynamic Memory check box is not selected, the virtual
machine uses static memory and will use the amount defined in the Startup RAM
setting. Selecting Enable Dynamic Memory allows the Dynamic Memory setting to be
changed. The value defined in Startup RAM is still used as the initial amount of
memory, but Minimum RAM and Maximum RAM values are also available. Maximum
RAM is the size to which the memory for the virtual machine can grow. The default
Maximum RAM is 1,048,576MB; the maximum Hyper-V allows. However, this can be
configured to a more reasonable limit based on the expected and tolerated memory
use, to prevent depriving other virtual machines of memory if things go wrong and
memory use grows unchecked. Minimum RAM was introduced in Windows Server
2012, and it allows configuration of the virtual machine to shrink below its Startup
RAM value. This is useful if you have an application that needs a certain amount of
memory to launch initially but then no longer needs that amount.