Tag: Storage

Storing Unstructured Data – From file servers to cloud services

After joining the Storage Solutions Division at Microsoft, I got exposed many challenges that were not so close to me before. One of them is how we store and manage unstructured data, including things like file servers, NAS devices, document management systems and blob storage solutions. Here’s my initial attempt to cover a little of … Continue reading Storing Unstructured Data – From file servers to cloud services →

The Basics of the Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS)

Back in 2001, I worked for a 300-employee company in Palo Alto as their Systems Engineer and one of the things that gave me the most headaches was backups. We had Windows Server across the board, but the backup application was from a third party, which required specific agents for SQL Server, Oracle, Exchange, etc. … Continue reading The Basics of the Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) →

Moving to headquarters to work with the Storage Partners Team

I just wanted to share that I have joined a new team at Microsoft. After 5 years working with the Cisco Team in Northern California, I am now moving to the Redmond campus in Washington state. As of October 1st, 2007 I am joining the Storage Solutions Division (SSD, part of the Platform and Tools … Continue reading Moving to headquarters to work with the Storage Partners Team →

Configuring SQL Server 2005 Database Mirroring (includes 8-minute demonstration)

SQL Server 2005 Database Mirroring is a high availability feature that maintains a duplicate copy of a database (close by or across the globe), keeps it up to date (synchronously or asynchronously) and can even provide automatic failover. There are other SQL Server technologies that can use be used in similar situations, like database clusters, … Continue reading Configuring SQL Server 2005 Database Mirroring (includes 8-minute demonstration) →