With the release of Windows Server Technical Preview, a common question comes to the surface again. What kind of lab hardware do I need to play with it? Ideally, you would get one of those new Cloud Platform System (CPS) racks with a 32-node Hyper-V cluster, a 4-node Scale-Out File Server and 4 JBODs … Continue reading Testing Windows Server and the Scale-Out File Server – What should your lab look like?
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Don’t miss the SNIA Storage Developer Conference 2014
It must be September once again… We are only a couple of weeks away from the Storage Developer Conference (SDC) hosted by the Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA). The event will happen at the Hyatt Regency in beautiful Santa Clara, CA (Silicon Valley) on the week of September 15th. As usual, We’ll also have the … Continue reading Don’t miss the SNIA Storage Developer Conference 2014
Deploying a Windows Server 2012 R2 Scale-Out File Server Cluster using Azure VMs
0) Overview In this document, I am sharing the steps I used to create a Windows Server 2012 R2 Scale-Out File Server Cluster environment using only Azure VMs, for demo, test or development purposes. This includes a few important tips and tricks to install Active Directory and Windows Server Failover Clustering in an Azure VM … Continue reading Deploying a Windows Server 2012 R2 Scale-Out File Server Cluster using Azure VMs
Increasing Availability – The REAP Principles (Redundancy, Entanglement, Awareness and Persistence)
Introduction Increasing availability is a key concern with computer systems. With all the consolidation and virtualization efforts under way, you need to make sure your services are always up and running, even when some components fail. However, it’s usually hard to understand the details of what it takes to make systems highly available (or … Continue reading Increasing Availability – The REAP Principles (Redundancy, Entanglement, Awareness and Persistence)
Compilation of my live tweets from SNIA’s SDC 2012 (Storage Developer Conference)
Here is a compilation of my live tweets from SNIA’s SDC 2012 (Storage Developers Conference). You can also read those directly from twitter at https://twitter.com/josebarreto (in reverse order) Notes and disclaimers These tweets were typed during the talks and they include typos and my own misinterpretations. Text under each talk are quotes from the speaker … Continue reading Compilation of my live tweets from SNIA’s SDC 2012 (Storage Developer Conference)
Test Hyper-V over SMB configuration with Windows Server 2012 – Step-by-step Installation using PowerShell
1. Overview In this post, I am sharing all the steps I used to create a Windows Server 2012 File Server test environment that I used for some of my Hyper-V over SMB demonstrations. My goal with this post is to share some of configuration details and the exact PowerShell scripts I used to configure … Continue reading Test Hyper-V over SMB configuration with Windows Server 2012 – Step-by-step Installation using PowerShell
Windows Server 2012 Scale-Out File Server for SQL Server 2012 – Step-by-step Installation
Outline 1. Introduction 1.1. Overview 1.2. Hardware 1.3. Software 1.4. Notes and disclaimers 2. Install Windows Server 2012 2.1. Preparations 2.2. Install the OS 2.3. Rename the computer 2.4. Enable Remote Desktop 3. Configure the Hyper-V Host 3.1. Install the Hyper-V role to the server 3.2. Create the VM switches 3.3. Rename the network adapters … Continue reading Windows Server 2012 Scale-Out File Server for SQL Server 2012 – Step-by-step Installation
Windows Server 2012 Beta Scale-Out File Server for SQL Server 2012 – Step-by-step Installation
IMPORTANT: This blog post is now obsolete. For the latest version of this content, please visit:http://blogs.technet.com/b/josebda/archive/2012/08/23/windows-server-2012-scale-out-file-server-for-sql-server-2012-step-by-step-installation.aspx 1. Introduction 1.1. Overview In this document, I am sharing all the steps I used to create a Windows Server 2012 Beta demo, so you can experiment with some of the new technologies yourself. You only need … Continue reading Windows Server 2012 Beta Scale-Out File Server for SQL Server 2012 – Step-by-step Installation
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)
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
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