We had a great time showing Windows Server 2012 at TechEd North America and I wanted to share that the recording for our team’s sessions are now publicly available. That includes our sessions on SMB 3.0 and a number of demos, many of them using one of the Cluster-in-box configurations we were showing at the … Continue reading File Server team sessions at TechEd 2012 North America available for streaming/download
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Windows Server 2012 and SMB 3.0 – Understanding how SMB Transparent Failover makes file shares continuously available
There is a new blog post by Claus Joergensen, a Principal Program Manager in the File Server team, that covers the SMB Transparent Failover feature in Windows Server 2012 and SMB 3.0. Claus covers all the details about making file shares continuously available, including step-by-step instructions using both PowerShell and GUI tools. Here’s an outline of … Continue reading Windows Server 2012 and SMB 3.0 – Understanding how SMB Transparent Failover makes file shares continuously available
Microsoft Partners showcase solutions related to Windows Server 2012 at TechEd 2012 North America
The Microsoft TechEd 2012 North America conference is happening this week in Orlando, FL. As part of that event, a number of partners are showing their hardware and/or software at the exhibit area called the TechExpo. I have spent some time there and took a few pictures of a few partners that have solutions related … Continue reading Microsoft Partners showcase solutions related to Windows Server 2012 at TechEd 2012 North America
Windows Server 2012 Beta with SMB 3.0 – Demo at Interop shows SMB Direct at 5.8 Gbytes/sec over Mellanox ConnectX-3 network adapters
The Interop conference happened this week in Las Vegas (see http://www.interop.com/lasvegas) and Mellanox showcased their high-speed ConnectX-3 network adapters during the event. They showed an interesting setup with Windows Server 2012 Beta and SMB 3.0 that showed amazing remote file performance using SMB Direct (SMB over RDMA). The short story? 5.8 Gbytes per second from a … Continue reading Windows Server 2012 Beta with SMB 3.0 – Demo at Interop shows SMB Direct at 5.8 Gbytes/sec over Mellanox ConnectX-3 network adapters
File Server team sessions at TechEd 2012 North America
If you're planning to attend the TechEd 2012 North America event in June, here are the scheduled sessions with speakers from the File Server team: Code Title Speaker(s) Day Time Track Level WSV328 The Path to Continuous Availability with Windows Server 2012 Gene Chellis, Jim Pinkerton Mon 4:45 PM Windows Server 300 SIA207 Windows Server … Continue reading File Server team sessions at TechEd 2012 North America
Microsoft at the Storage Networking World 2012 Conference (includes Windows Server 2012 sessions)
SNW Spring 2012 in Dallas is about a week away. Co-owned by Computerworld and Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA), SNW is a conference focused on Information Infrastructure with tracks covering: Backup and Archiving in the Cloud Big Data Business Continuity Cloud Storage Data Center Consolidation Data Center Networking Data Encryption Data Management Data Protection Deduplication … Continue reading Microsoft at the Storage Networking World 2012 Conference (includes Windows Server 2012 sessions)
SNIA’s Storage Developer Conference – SDC 2011 content (slides and videos) now available for download, including SMB 2.2 details
The Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA) hosted the 8th Storage Developer Conference (SDC) in the Hyatt Regency in beautiful Santa Clara, CA (Silicon Valley) earlier this year. As usual, Microsoft was the underwriter of the CIFS/SMB/SMB2 PlugFest, which was co-located with the SDC event. For developers working with storage-related technologies, this event gathers a unique … Continue reading SNIA’s Storage Developer Conference – SDC 2011 content (slides and videos) now available for download, including SMB 2.2 details
Links to //build/ sessions on Storage, Networking and Hyper-V
Last month at the //Build/ conference we had a large number of presentations delivered and made available to download and stream. Several Microsoft Partners and Developers that are focused on Storage, Networking or Hyper-V have asked me for a list of links to help them find the Widows Server 8 sessions more closely related to those topics. Here is my … Continue reading Links to //build/ sessions on Storage, Networking and Hyper-V
I will be speaking at the //build/ conference next month
Just a short post to share that I will be speaking at the BUILD conference next month. The conference will happen in Anaheim-CA, from 9/13 to 9/16. You can read more at the official site: http://www.buildwindows.com. The full agenda is not published yet, but you will be able to see details (like title and abstract) when it … Continue reading I will be speaking at the //build/ conference next month
TechEd 2011 demo install step-by-step (Hyper-V, AD, DNS, iSCSI Target, File Server Cluster, SQL Server over SMB2)
1. Introduction 1.1. Overview As I explained in a previous blog post, I delivered a presentation this week as part of the Microsoft TechEd 2011 event. The presentation was titled “Windows Server 2008 R2 File Services Consolidation - Technology Update”. It included two demos that showed several Windows Server 2008 R2 features and also a … Continue reading TechEd 2011 demo install step-by-step (Hyper-V, AD, DNS, iSCSI Target, File Server Cluster, SQL Server over SMB2)
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