File Server Capacity Tool (FSCT) Release Candidate available for download

The File Server Capacity Tool (FSCT) is a capacity planning software for CIFS/SMB/SMB2 file servers. It’s also useful for identifying performance bottlenecks. FSCT results include the maximum number of users for a file server configuration, throughput for that configuration and performance counters for the server and clients used. This is a command line tool and … Continue reading File Server Capacity Tool (FSCT) Release Candidate available for download →

Windows Server 2008 R2 File Classification Infrastructure (FCI) at TechEd 2009

I wanted to call your attention to four new blog posts this morning from Nir Ben Zvi (Senior Program Manager Lead, Microsoft File Server Team) and Matthias Wollnik (Program Manager, Microsoft File Server Team) introducing the Windows Server 2008 R2 File Classification Infrastructure (FCI). This new Windows feature, highlighted in today's keynote during TechEd 2009, allows … Continue reading Windows Server 2008 R2 File Classification Infrastructure (FCI) at TechEd 2009 →

Windows Storage Server 2008 and the Microsoft iSCSI Software Target 3.2

I am glad to share that Windows Storage Server 2008 (WSS 2008) and the Microsoft iSCSI Software Target 3.2 have been released to the Microsoft OEM partners. This is the successor to Windows Storage Server 2003 (WSS 2003) and Windows Unified Data Storage Server 2003 (WUDSS 2003). I have been working closely with some of … Continue reading Windows Storage Server 2008 and the Microsoft iSCSI Software Target 3.2 →

An Open Source NFS Client for Windows

Microsoft is sponsoring research at the University of Michigan's Center for Information Technology Integration (CITI) to develop an open source NFS client for Windows. CITI developed the open source Linux-based reference implementation of NFSv4 that is already included in all Linux distributions. Details were shared by Bob Muglia, president of the Server and Tools Business … Continue reading An Open Source NFS Client for Windows →

SQL Server 2008 I/O Performance

Here are some notes on “SQL Server 2008 I/O Performance” I took while attending an advanced class on SQL Server taught by Greg Low (from http://sqlblog.com/blogs/greg_low/ and http://www.sqldownunder.com/). Please note that, although these notes were taken during the class, I might have added some of my own (mis)interpretation :-). Always check your facts on Books … Continue reading SQL Server 2008 I/O Performance →

SQL Server 2008 Database Compression

Here are some notes on “SQL Server 2008 Database Compression” I took while attending an advanced class on SQL Server taught by Greg Low (from http://sqlblog.com/blogs/greg_low/ and http://www.sqldownunder.com/.Please) note that, although these notes were taken during the class, I might have added some of my own (mis)interpretation :-). Always check your facts on Books Online … Continue reading SQL Server 2008 Database Compression →

SQL Server 2008 Storage

Here are some notes on “SQL Server 2008 Storage” I took while attending an advanced class on SQL Server taught by Greg Low (from http://sqlblog.com/blogs/greg_low/ and http://www.sqldownunder.com/). Please note that, although these notes were taken during the class, I might have added some of my own (mis)interpretation :-). Always check your facts on Books Online … Continue reading SQL Server 2008 Storage →

SQL Server 2008 DR, Testing, Waits and Queues

Here are some notes on “SQL Server 2008 DR, Testing, Waits” I took while attending an advanced class on SQL Server taught by Ron Talmage (from http://www.solidq.com/na/MentorDetail.aspx?Id=38). Please note that, although these notes were taken during the class, I might have added some of my own (mis)interpretation :-). Always check your facts on Books Online … Continue reading SQL Server 2008 DR, Testing, Waits and Queues →

SQL Server 2008 Statistics

Here are some notes on "SQL Server 2008 Statistics" I took while attending an advanced class on SQL Server taught by Kimberly Tripp (http://sqlskills.com/AboutKimberlyLTripp.asp). Please note that, although these notes were taken during the class, I might have added some of my own (mis)interpretation :-). Always check your facts on Books Online (I try to … Continue reading SQL Server 2008 Statistics →

SQL Server 2008 Indexing for JOINs

Here are some notes on "SQL Server 2008 indexing for JOINs" I took during an advanced class I attended taught by Kimberly Tripp (http://sqlskills.com/AboutKimberlyLTripp.asp). Please note that, although these notes were taken during the class, I might have added some of my own (mis)interpretation :-). Always check your facts on Books Online (I try to … Continue reading SQL Server 2008 Indexing for JOINs →