TechEd 2011 Session WSV317: Windows Server 2008 R2 File Services Consolidation – Technology Update

This week at TechEd 2011 I will be delivering a presentation about “Windows Server 2008 R2 File Services Consolidation - Technology Update”. If you’re attending the conference in Atlanta-GA, this is session WSV317 on Wednesday at 10:15 AM, plus a repeat on Thursday also at 10:15 AM. The presentation is divided into 5 main topics:  Overview … Continue reading TechEd 2011 Session WSV317: Windows Server 2008 R2 File Services Consolidation – Technology Update

File Server Team sessions at TechEd 2011 this week

If you're attending TechEd 2011 this week, here are sessions from the File Server team: WSV313 - Microsoft iSCSI Software Target 3.3 for Application Storage, Diskless Boot, and More!Speaker(s): Jian (Jane) YanTuesday, May 17 at 5:00 PM, room: B101 http://northamerica.msteched.com/topic/details/WSV313 WSV317 - Windows Server 2008 R2 File Services Consolidation: Technology UpdateSpeaker: Jose BarretoWednesday, 5/18 at … Continue reading File Server Team sessions at TechEd 2011 this week

Notes from SNIA’s Storage Developers Conference (SDC) 2010 and CIFS/SMB/SMB2 Plugfest

If you’re following me on Twitter, you probably noticed I am attending SNIA’s Software Developer’s Conference 2010 (SDC 2010) and the CIFS/SMB/SMB2 PlugFest this week. The agenda for the event is published at http://www.snia.org/events/storage-developer2010/agenda2010. Here are some random notes from the event, some of them taken from a few earlier tweets (some sessions are just … Continue reading Notes from SNIA’s Storage Developers Conference (SDC) 2010 and CIFS/SMB/SMB2 Plugfest

Random notes on Storage IO Performance

Here are some random notes I took during a presentation to Storage IO Performance this morning: SSDs: Still not a 'solid state' business - http://bit.ly/cdqA1b - "False expectations" and why they "won't replace hard drives"  A PRAM and NAND Flash Hybrid Architecture for High-Performance Embedded Storage Subsystems - http://bit.ly/95ZY83  Resistive RAM Gains Ground - Faith … Continue reading Random notes on Storage IO Performance

SNIA’s Storage Developers Conference 2010 is just a few weeks away

The Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA) is hosting the 7th Storage Developer Conference (SDC) in the Hyatt Regency in beautiful Santa Clara, CA (Silicon Valley) on the week of September 20th. As usual, Microsoft is underwriting the CIFS/SMB/SMB2 Plugfest, which is co-located with the SDC event. For developers working with storage-related technologies, this event gathers … Continue reading SNIA’s Storage Developers Conference 2010 is just a few weeks away

FAST’10 Technical Sessions

If you work with File and Storage, you probably heard of the annual FAST conference. The most recent one was FAST’10 (8th USENIX Conference on File and Storage Technologies), which happened in San Jose, CA on February 23-26.The content from the FAST'10 Technical Sessions was recently published, including presentations, papers and recordings. Please find below … Continue reading FAST’10 Technical Sessions

Presentations from Storage Developer Conference 2009 (SDC 2009) are now available for download

The presentations from SNIA's SDC 2009 are now publicly available for download. This SNIA event happened in Santa Clara, CA last September and the decks are now publicly available, after being restricted to conference attendees for a few months. Out of the dozens of presentations, I wanted to highlight a few that were delivered by … Continue reading Presentations from Storage Developer Conference 2009 (SDC 2009) are now available for download

SQL Server 2008 R2 Enterprise Evaluation November CTP available for MSDN/TechNet Subscribers

Great news following a very busy week for SQL Server with the PASS Community Summit: The new SQL Server 2008 R2 November CTP is now available for MSDN and TechNet subscribers.This download is expected to be available as a general download in a couple of days. Title: SQL Server 2008 R2 Enterprise Evaluation November CTP (x86, … Continue reading SQL Server 2008 R2 Enterprise Evaluation November CTP available for MSDN/TechNet Subscribers

SharePoint 2010 beta in November. Details and documentation right now!

Jeff Teper (Corporate Vice President, SharePoint Server) and Steve Ballmer (CEO) shared SharePoint Server 2010 feature details and announced the November beta during the SharePoint Conference today in Las Vegas. Jeff also posted a long and revealing blog, outlining 8 categories and 40 feature areas: Sites SharePoint Web Experience Office Client SharePoint Workspace Office Web … Continue reading SharePoint 2010 beta in November. Details and documentation right now!

SNIA’s Storage Developers Conference 2009 in Santa Clara, CA is coming – Plan to be there on the week of September 14th

The Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA) is hosting the 6th Storage Developer Conference (SDC) in the Hyatt Regency in beautiful Santa Clara, CA (Silicon Valley) on the week of September 14th. This event is also co-located with the CIFS/SMB/SMB2 Plugfest. For those working with storage technologies, this event gathers a unique crowd and includes a … Continue reading SNIA’s Storage Developers Conference 2009 in Santa Clara, CA is coming – Plan to be there on the week of September 14th