SNIA’s Storage Developers Conference 2012 is just a few weeks away

The Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA) is hosting the 9th Storage Developer Conference (SDC) in the Hyatt Regency in beautiful Santa Clara, CA (Silicon Valley) on the week of September 17th. As usual, Microsoft is underwriting the SMB/SMB2/SMB3 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 2012 is just a few weeks away →

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 and SMB 3.0 demos at TechEd showcase File Server with multiple storage configurations and technologies

1. Introduction We recently had our TechEd North America event and all sessìon slides and recordings are now publicly available (links are provided below). We’re also getting ready to deliver our TechEd Europe talks this week. With hundreds of talks to attend and/or review, it will probably be a few weeks or maybe months before … Continue reading Windows Server 2012 and SMB 3.0 demos at TechEd showcase File Server with multiple storage configurations and technologies →

File Server team sessions at TechEd 2012 North America available for streaming/download

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 →

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 →

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 →

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) →

SQL over SMB2 – One of the top 10 hidden gems in SQL Server 2008 R2

Introduction The SQL CAT team has posted a blog last year about the "Top 10 hidden gems in SQL Server 2008 R2", which included the support for placing SQL database files on an SMB network file share. This works even better if you use the SMB2 version of the protocol, which is included in Windows Server … Continue reading SQL over SMB2 – One of the top 10 hidden gems in SQL Server 2008 R2 →

Great SQL Server Storage advice from a team deploying SQL with LOB apps

During an internal conference this week I came across a group at Microsoft Services that works directly with customers that are deploying SQL Server to support line-of-business applications like like SAP and JD Edwards. They pointed me to their recent blog (started in September 2010) which already produced excellent technical and business content. Out of … Continue reading Great SQL Server Storage advice from a team deploying SQL with LOB apps →

Simple SQL Server script to create a database and generate activity for a demo

I am doing a little demo this week and it includes a simple SQL Server script to generate activity on the network while I demo SMB2 durability. First, the database is created: USE [Master]GO CREATE DATABASE [Sales] ON PRIMARY ( NAME = N'Sales', FILENAME = N'FSASQLDBSales.mdf' , SIZE = 2GB , MAXSIZE = 8GB, FILEGROWTH = 1GB … Continue reading Simple SQL Server script to create a database and generate activity for a demo →