This blog post includes a list of the Storage-related sessions from TechEd Europe 2014 in Barcelona, Spain. You can use it as an easy reference to the Storage sessions, including links to the recordings and the slides for each one. Day Time Code Title (with link to recording and slides) Speaker(s) Tue 8:30 AM … Continue reading Windows Server Storage Sessions from TechEd Europe 2014 (includes links to recordings and slides)
Tag: Clustering
Storage Quality of Service Guide Released for Windows Server Technical Preview
As part of the Windows Server Technical Preview released a few weeks ago, we announced the evolution of the Storage Quality of Service (Storage QoS) feature. Now, in addition to that TechNet page with an overview, we released the Storage QoS Step-by-Step Guide. An Overview of Storage QoS Storage Quality of Service … Continue reading Storage Quality of Service Guide Released for Windows Server Technical Preview
SmbStorageTier.ps1: A simple way to pin files to tiers in Scale-Out File Servers
Storage Spaces Tiering Storage Spaces has an interesting new feature introduced in Windows Server 2012 R2: you can create a single space using different types of disk (typically HDDs and SSDs) and it will automatically move hot data to the fast tier and cold data to the slow tier. You can read more … Continue reading SmbStorageTier.ps1: A simple way to pin files to tiers in Scale-Out File Servers
Adding Storage Performance to the Test-StorageHealth.ps1 script
A few weeks ago, I published a script to the TechNet Script Center that gathers health and capacity information for a Windows Server 2012 R2 storage cluster. This script checks a number of components, including clustering, storage spaces, SMB file shares and core storage. You can get more details at http://blogs.technet.com/b/josebda/archive/2014/07/27/powershell-script-for-storage-cluster-health-test-published-to-the-technet-script-center.aspx From the beginning, … Continue reading Adding Storage Performance to the Test-StorageHealth.ps1 script
Using file copy to measure storage performance – Why it’s not a good idea and what you should do instead
1. Introduction Every once in a while I hear from someone that they believe they have a performance problem with their Scale-Out File Server. When I dig a little further, it’s very common to find that file copies are being used as the mechanism for measuring storage performance for all kinds of scenarios. This blog … Continue reading Using file copy to measure storage performance – Why it’s not a good idea and what you should do instead
Understanding the files collected by the Test-StorageHealth.ps1 PowerShell script
I recently published a PowerShell script to check the health and capacity of a Storage Cluster based on Windows Server 2012 R2 Scale-Out File Servers. You can find details about this script (including the download link) in this blog post: PowerShell script for Storage Cluster Health Test published to the TechNet Script Center. This script, … Continue reading Understanding the files collected by the Test-StorageHealth.ps1 PowerShell script
Sample C# code for using the latest WMI classes to manage Windows Storage
This blog post shows a bit of C# code to use the Windows Storage Management API (SM-API) classes that were introduced in Windows Server 2012 and Windows 8. You can find a list of these classes at class described at http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh830612.aspx, including MSFT_PhysicalDisk, MSFT_StoragePool or MSFT_VirtualDisk. I found a number of examples with the … Continue reading Sample C# code for using the latest WMI classes to manage Windows Storage
PowerShell script for Storage Cluster Health Test published to the TechNet Script Center
I just published a PowerShell script to check the health and capacity of a Storage Cluster based on Windows Server 2012 R2 Scale-Out File Servers. It assumes a specific configuration for Private Clouds using the solution described at http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn554251.aspx. It performs specific health checks for Failover Clustering (Cluster, Resources, Networks, Nodes) Storage Spaces (Physical Disks, … Continue reading PowerShell script for Storage Cluster Health Test published to the TechNet Script Center
How the Test-StorageHealth.ps1 script checks for Storage Cluster health
I recently published the Test-StorageHealth.ps1 script to the TechNet Script Center, which checks for the health and capacity of a Storage Cluster based on Windows Server 2012 R2 Scale-Out File Servers. This blog post explains the portion of the script that checks for Storage Cluster health, which is labeled “Phase 1”. To assess health, the … Continue reading How the Test-StorageHealth.ps1 script checks for Storage Cluster health
Demo details for my TechEd 2014 presentation on File Server Networking
During my TechEd 2014 presentation on File Server Networking for a Private Cloud Storage Infrastructure in Windows Server 2012 R2, I did a demo showing a Scale-Out File Server Cluster. The demo consisted of showing the networking details of this cluster, looking both from the cluster perspective and the client side. I was asked after … Continue reading Demo details for my TechEd 2014 presentation on File Server Networking
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