A more resilient Storage Spaces in the forthcoming Windows Server 2016 gives software-defined storage a major boost, promising to usher in more intelligent converged infrastructure. Software versus ...

I’m a huge fan of server virtualization for mixed purpose hosting. It’s not a perfect fit for every situation but it’s very versatile. The portability of guest operating systems adds some level of ...

Running a bunch of hyper-v virtual machines that matter? You’ll want a high availability cluster. Of course you’ll also want to take backups of those VMs as well. Prior to moving your VMs into the HA ...

In just over a year, Microsoft went from having basically no real enterprise-class server virtualization technology to one that is at par and has VMware scared and running. Back in the middle of 2008, ...

2 drives 1 = 4TB 1 = 500GB (iSCSI from a Dell Compellent) Both drives are in the cluster and failover no problem (C) Copyright 2001-2012 Microsoft Corp. Error: A ...

As I'm preparing to deploy a new 2-node SQL Server 2014 Standard failover cluster, I'm considering what would be the best way to set up its storage. For the reference, the OS will be Windows Server ...

Although Windows Server storage pools have been around for long enough to be stable, things can and sometimes do go wrong. When that happens, it can be surprisingly difficult to delete a corrupt ...

We often blame third-party apps or our growing pile of files when storage runs low, but Windows itself can quietly eat up far more space than you’d expect. If your system drive keeps filling up ...

From the day Microsoft Windows 10 launched, I have been inundated with the same question: "How is storage performance on Windows 10?" We are sure a lot of our readers want a definitive answer, so that ...

In this post we will see what is Reserved Storage in Windows 11/10 and how to view Reserved Storage size. ‘Failed Updates’ comes across as one of the major issues plaguing Windows 11/10 users during ...

Microsoft's first attempt at creating a software-defined storage platform wasn't a big hit. Its updated version just might be. One of the most difficult things in designing IT infrastructure is to get ...