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Shared Virtual Disks in Windows Server 2012 R2 Hyper-V Maximizes TCO/ROI
One of the great additions to Hyper-V in Windows Server 20012 R2 are shared virtual disks. TechEd 2013 is disclosing a lot of new and improved features and this is one of them! This single feature...
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I’m Ready To Test Windows Server 2012 R2 Live Migration Over Multichannel &...
I’m so ready for the first Windows 2012 R2 preview bits. Yes that’s what our current setup looks like. Two RDMA capable NICs at the ready … let the bits come. I’m pretty excited to test Live Migration...
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Verifying SMB 3.0 Multichannel/RDMA Is Working In Windows Server 2012 (R2)
So you have spend some money on RDMA cards (RoCE in this example), spent even more money on 10Gbps Switches with DCB capabilities and last but not least you have struggled for many hours to get PFC,...
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Learn & Evaluate Windows Server 2012 R2 Preview
If you are anything like a lot of people I know and myself you will be very eager to start testing the new features & capabilities of Windows Server 2012 R2 that is now available for testing...
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Migrating a Hyper-V Cluster to Windows 2012 R2
Introduction We’ll walk through a transition of a Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V Cluster to R2. For this we’ll use the Copy Cluster Roles Wizard (that’s how the Migration Wizard is now called). You have...
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Configuring Performance Options for Live Migration In Windows Server 2012 R2...
New Options For Optimizing Live Migrations In Windows Server 2012 R2 we have a whole range of options to leverage Live Migration of our environment and needs. Next to the new default (Compression) we...
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Preliminary Results With Live Migration Over RDMA Speed & Useful Number Of NICs
Introduction With Windows Server 2012 R2 (Preview) we can leverage SMB to do Live Migrations. That means we can now offload the process to the NIC if they support RDMA, save on CPU cycles and...
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Live Migration over NIC Team in Switch Independent Mode With Dynamic Load...
As you can imagine I was quite interested in seeing what the new Dynamic load balancing mode in NIC teaming can do for us. Especially in a switch independent configuration as until now there was no...
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Live Migration over NIC Team in Switch Independent Mode With Dynamic Load...
In a previous blog post Live Migration over NIC Team in Switch Independent Mode With Dynamic Load Balancing & TCP/IP in Windows Server 2012 R2 we looked at what Dynamic load balancing mode in NIC...
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Some ODX Fun With Windows Server 2012 R2 And A Dell Compellent SAN
I’m playing and examining some of the ODX capabilities of our SANs (Dell, Compellent) at the moment. It all seems pretty impressive in the demo’s. But how does that behave in real live on our gear? How...
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Windows Server 2012 R2 Unmap, ODX On A Dell Compellent SAN Demo
UNMAP & ODX Video Some things are easier to show using a video so have a look at a video on UNMAP/ODX used with Windows Server 2012 R2 and Compellent SAN: You can also go directly to the Vimeo page...
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Adventures In RDMA – The RoCE Path Over DCB To Windows Server 2012 R2 SMB 3.0...
Prologue On gloomy day, it was dark, grey and cold, we gave battle with RoCE & DCB (PFC/ETS). The fight was a long one, the battle field uncharted and we had only our veteran attitude towards...
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Join me for aTechNet Live Meeting: Hyper-V Storage Efficiencies &...
So you have been playing with or down right seriously testing Windows Server 2012 and perhaps even Windows Server 2012 R2. That’s great. Many of you might have it running in production or are working...
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Mind the UNMAP Impact On Performance In Certain Scenarios
The Problem Recently we’ve been trouble shooting some weird SQL Server to file backup issues. They started failing on the clock at 06:00 AM. We checked the NICs, the switches, the drivers, the LUNs,...
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ODX Speed Up VHDX Creation Times On Windows Server 2012 (R2)
Some technlogies you just need to see in action instead of reading about it. I have posted a video on Vimeo that shows ODX in action on Windows Server 2012 R2 and a DELL Compellent SAN running Storage...
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Windows Server 2012 R2 & Windows 8.1 KMS Service Activation
As with all new versions of Windows since 2008 / Vista we need to set up the KMS (Key Management Service) to support the newest versions. Our KMS servers are running on Windows Server 2012 now. But...
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Update Your KMS Service Key To Activate Windows Server 2012 R2 And Windows 8.1
It’s a great day as Windows Server 2012 R2 and Windows 8.1 bits have gone GA (“General Availability”). So it’s of to the Volume License Servicing Center to get the bits and the keys. Before we start...
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Windows Server 2012 R2 Virtual RSS (vRSS) In Action
The Need For Speed My clients or employers are normally into lots of data, large files & number crunching. That means they like CPU power, memory, bandwidth & IOPS. That doesn’t mean they...
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E2EVC Rome 2013–Attending & Speaking
I’m attending and speaking at the E2EVC (Experts2Experts Virtualization Conference) in Rome, November 1-3. I’ll be doing a talk on networking features in Windows Server 2012 R2 & Hyper-V. The good,...
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Attending The Global MVP Summit 2013 (November 18-21)
We have Windows 8.1 running on our desktops & laptops and meanwhile Windows Server 2012 R2 is crunching numbers in our (virtualized) data centers. So it’s time to grab one of those magnificent...
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