There is a new blog post by Claus Joergensen, a Principal Program Manager in the File Server team, that covers the SMB Transparent Failover feature in Windows Server 2012 and SMB 3.0. Claus covers all the details about making file shares continuously available, including step-by-step instructions using both PowerShell and GUI tools. Here’s an outline of … Continue reading Windows Server 2012 and SMB 3.0 – Understanding how SMB Transparent Failover makes file shares continuously available
Tag: Windows Server 2012
Microsoft Partners showcase solutions related to Windows Server 2012 at TechEd 2012 North America
The Microsoft TechEd 2012 North America conference is happening this week in Orlando, FL. As part of that event, a number of partners are showing their hardware and/or software at the exhibit area called the TechExpo. I have spent some time there and took a few pictures of a few partners that have solutions related … Continue reading Microsoft Partners showcase solutions related to Windows Server 2012 at TechEd 2012 North America
Windows Server 2012: Which version of the SMB protocol (SMB 1.0, SMB 2.0, SMB 2.1 or SMB 3.0) are you using on your File Server?
Note: This blog post is obsolete. Please find the updated version at http://blogs.technet.com/b/josebda/archive/2013/10/02/windows-server-2012-r2-which-version-of-the-smb-protocol-smb-1-0-smb-2-0-smb-2-1-smb-3-0-or-smb-3-02-you-are-using.aspx 1. Introduction With the upcoming release of SMB 3.0 as part of Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012, I am frequently asked about how older versions of Windows will behave when connecting to or from these new versions. Upgrading to … Continue reading Windows Server 2012: Which version of the SMB protocol (SMB 1.0, SMB 2.0, SMB 2.1 or SMB 3.0) are you using on your File Server?
Windows Server 2012 Beta with SMB 3.0 – Demo at Interop shows SMB Direct at 5.8 Gbytes/sec over Mellanox ConnectX-3 network adapters
The Interop conference happened this week in Las Vegas (see http://www.interop.com/lasvegas) and Mellanox showcased their high-speed ConnectX-3 network adapters during the event. They showed an interesting setup with Windows Server 2012 Beta and SMB 3.0 that showed amazing remote file performance using SMB Direct (SMB over RDMA). The short story? 5.8 Gbytes per second from a … Continue reading Windows Server 2012 Beta with SMB 3.0 – Demo at Interop shows SMB Direct at 5.8 Gbytes/sec over Mellanox ConnectX-3 network adapters
File Server team sessions at TechEd 2012 North America
If you're planning to attend the TechEd 2012 North America event in June, here are the scheduled sessions with speakers from the File Server team: Code Title Speaker(s) Day Time Track Level WSV328 The Path to Continuous Availability with Windows Server 2012 Gene Chellis, Jim Pinkerton Mon 4:45 PM Windows Server 300 SIA207 Windows Server … Continue reading File Server team sessions at TechEd 2012 North America
Deploying Windows Server 2012 Beta with SMB Direct (SMB over RDMA) and the Mellanox ConnectX-2/ConnectX-3 using InfiniBand – Step by Step
This blog post is now obsolete. For the latest post on this topic, visit http://blogs.technet.com/b/josebda/archive/2012/07/31/deploying-windows-server-2012-with-smb-direct-smb-over-rdma-and-the-mellanox-connectx-2-connectx-3-using-infiniband-step-by-step.aspx 1) Introduction We have covered the basics of SMB Direct and some of the use cases in previous blog posts and TechNet articles. If you haven’t seen those, here are a few pointers: Windows Server 2012 Beta SMB … Continue reading Deploying Windows Server 2012 Beta with SMB Direct (SMB over RDMA) and the Mellanox ConnectX-2/ConnectX-3 using InfiniBand – Step by Step
Deploying Windows Server 2012 Beta with SMB Direct (SMB over RDMA) and the Intel NetEffect NE020 card – Step by Step
This blog post is obsolete. For the latest post on this topic, see http://blogs.technet.com/b/josebda/archive/2012/07/31/deploying-windows-server-2012-with-smb-direct-smb-over-rdma-and-the-intel-neteffect-ne020-card-using-iwarp-step-by-step.aspx 1) Introduction We have covered the basics of SMB Direct and some of the use cases in previous blog posts and TechNet articles. If you haven’t seen those, here are a few pointers: Windows Server 2012 Beta SMB Overview High-Performance, Continuously … Continue reading Deploying Windows Server 2012 Beta with SMB Direct (SMB over RDMA) and the Intel NetEffect NE020 card – Step by Step
Preliminary performance results with Windows Server 2012 Beta and SMB Direct (SMB over RDMA)
If you’re reading up on Windows Server 2012, you probably saw that using file storage for your Hyper-V and SQL Server data is one of our key new scenarios. You can read more about this in the TechNet article called “High-Performance, Continuously Available File Share Storage for Server Applications” at http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh831399.aspx. We have already shared … Continue reading Preliminary performance results with Windows Server 2012 Beta and SMB Direct (SMB over RDMA)
Microsoft at the Storage Networking World 2012 Conference (includes Windows Server 2012 sessions)
SNW Spring 2012 in Dallas is about a week away. Co-owned by Computerworld and Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA), SNW is a conference focused on Information Infrastructure with tracks covering: Backup and Archiving in the Cloud Big Data Business Continuity Cloud Storage Data Center Consolidation Data Center Networking Data Encryption Data Management Data Protection Deduplication … Continue reading Microsoft at the Storage Networking World 2012 Conference (includes Windows Server 2012 sessions)
Windows Server 2012 – Hyper-V over SMB – Quick Provisioning a VM on an SMB File Share
One of the preferred methods for creating VMs in a shared environment is to have one or more base VHDs that you use as a template for new VMs. While having a base VHD is a constant, there are a few different methods to choose when you implement your provisioning process for new VMs. This … Continue reading Windows Server 2012 – Hyper-V over SMB – Quick Provisioning a VM on an SMB File Share
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