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Native VHD Support in Windows 7?
Long Zheng writes about Native VHD support in Windows 7. To me, it meant a rapid step-up in their virtualization strategy. Today, if you want to try out a VHD you have to download Virtual PC or...
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Predictions – Microsoft in 2009
I'm not feeling up to the challenge of predicting what Microsoft will do in 2009. Instead I will link you to some of more experienced Microsoft prognosticators, Mary Jo Foley and Todd Bishop.
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How to Get Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 Beta
How to Get Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 Beta
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Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 Beta Released
Like a stealth bomber flying too low to be detectable by radar, Microsoft’s Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 was just put into public beta status . Because of all the hoopla over Windows 7 this piece of very...
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Demo: Hyper-V Live Migration using EMC SRDF/Cluster Enabler
How EMC’s SRDF/CE provides Live Migration and Disaster Recovery protection of Hyper-V virtual machines between Symmetrix storage arrays in a non-disruptive manner, including bidirectional failover and...
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Windows 2008 R2 Beta Testers: Free Licenses of Sanbolic Melio FS
Sanbolic offers an interesting proposition for Windows 2008 Server/Hyper-V users today: replace NTFS with Melio FS. Melio FS is similar to VMFS in that it is a clustered filesystem allowing for...
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New Whitepaper on Windows 2008 R2 and Hyper-V Live Migration
Windows Server 2008 R2 & Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 – Hyper-V Live Migration Overview & Architecture can be downloaded from here:...
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Thin/Virtual Provisioning and Windows 2008 Formatting Confusion
If you are going to use a disk array that supports thin or virtual provisioning, make sure you understand that a full format in Windows 2008 will cause the "thin" volume to become fully allocated or...
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Maximum LUN Size for Windows Servers
Sometimes people ask hypothetical questions of EMC’s field TC’s (technical consultants) just to see what we say. Here’s one example of a hypothetical question that a few of us were discussing...
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Windows Server 2008 Foundation
The low end of Windows 7 – Starter Edition – has already been discussed quite a bit across the blogosphere, and its big brother is a bit jealous. Like the future desktop version, Windows Server 2008...
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How to Build an Efficient Application Infrastructure through Virtualization
I couldn’t figure out how to embed this into my blog, but this is a great, short video which shows how EMC is working with Microsoft to virtualize applications like Exchange, SQL, and SharePoint. It’s...
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Windows 7 Release Dates Set
Microsoft has confirmed the Release to Manufacturing (RTM) (aka general availability) date for Windows 7 and Windows 2008 R2 as October 22, 2009. RTM/GA code will be delivered to partners and...
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W2K8 R2 Hyper-V Live Migration with Exchange 2010, SQL 2008 R2, SCVMM, and...
Longest title ever? Thankfully I abbreviated SCVMM down from System Center Virtual Machine Manager. Anyway… Microsoft has announced their launch dates for Windows 7, Windows 2008 R2, and Exchange...
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Virtual Winfrastructure – EMC and Hyper-V
I’d like to help introduce a new blogger in the house at EMC. Adrian Simays will be blogging and advocating EMC’s approach towards Microsoft’s Hyper-V. His blog, named Virtual Winfrastructure, aims to...
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Large Scale Hyper-V Clusters, Cluster Enabler, and VPLEX
I talked with Partner Engineering Manager Txomin Barturen about how to get ultimate scale from Hyper-V with Cluster Shared Volumes. He also spoke about his session on multi-site Windows Clustering...
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Automating Perfmon with Perfcollect
[ Post by Paul Galjan ] When I started here at EMC, I was pleased to see that most of us would use actual host data (perfmon) to perform size out our storage. We have a variety of cool tools that will...
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CLARiiON/CX SCOM Management Pack
Did you know that EMC has a SCOM management pack for the CLARiiON? Yes, you can indeed get CLARiiON alerts through SCOM. The idea behind it is you set up a Windows host as a CX event monitoring...
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Cool Infographic Poster for Hyper-V
Step 1. Download large infographic poster here (or click on the picture). Hat tip to Techhead for sharing this one. Step 2. Find a BAP (Big A–* Printer) This thing is 40 inches by 25 inches! Maybe...
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Windows Geoclusters, Stretch-Clusters, and RecoverPoint/CE Failover
Taking a page out of Chief EMC Blogger Chuck Hollis‘ playbook, I’m attaching the graphics from entire PPT file that I thought would be important to highlight for this blog and its readers. Some of the...
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The Windows IT Pro Community Has Spoken! EMC Takes Gold… and Silver!
Best Hardware: Storage Gold Community Choice Award for EMC CLARiiON “Great build quality, powerful performance, and low price—the CLARiiON series is a winner.”...
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EMC PowerPath vs MPIO – Take the High Road
Guest post by Mark Prahl If you live in New England like I do, you have experienced some of the wettest weather on record in recent times. And, if you live in an old town like I do dating back to...
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Application Protection: There’s Something Happening Here
There’s something happening here What it is ain’t exactly clear There’s a man with a gun over there Telling me I got to beware Yes, it’s blasphemy to simply change a classic like Buffalo Springfield’s...
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2 Great AppSync Exchange 2010 Single Item Restore Demos
Our friend Ernes Taljic from Presidio, launched the Presidio Technical Blog “Converging Clouds” with a post about EMC’s new replication management software EMC AppSync. He also made two excellent...
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What’s new in Exchange 2013, 2 Webcasts, and More!
Next week I’ll be on a couple of webcasts related to Exchange server protection: In these webcasts, we will balance a solid blend of best practices content with information about some of our latest...
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2013: A Mobile Datacenter Odyssey
At EMC World last week, Avnet Technology Solutions introduced the Avnet Mobile Data Center Solution for EMC VSPEX. Click here or on the picture below to access my latest video which provides a bit...
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EMC’s VNX = Award Winning storage for Microsoft environments
Microsoft’s TechEd 2013 is next week, and I’m looking forward to spending time with my longtime industry friends and making some new connections on the show floor in New Orleans. This year, I’ll attend...
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Is a SAN Better, Cheaper, and More Secure Than Office 365?
SAN’s – especially SAN’s from market leader EMC – are always under attack from companies wishing to cash in on a piece of the rising data growth across all industries and market segments. Some say DAS...
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