Jose Barreto's Blog
A blog by Jose Barreto, a member of the OneDrive team at Microsoft.
Storage Spaces Survival Guide (Links to presentations, articles, blogs, tools)
In this post, I'm sharing my favorite links related to Storage Spaces in Windows Server 2012 R2....
Author: JoseBarreto Date: 11/19/2014
Using PowerShell to create a custom reference for Azure PowerShell cmdlets and parameters
I was looking into the list of Azure PowerShell cmdlets and I could not find a page with all cmdlets...
Author: JoseBarreto Date: 11/14/2014
Migrating File Servers from Windows Server 2003 to Windows Server 2012 R2
Introduction If you have SMB File Servers running Windows Server 2003, you are probably already...
Author: JoseBarreto Date: 11/05/2014
Testing Windows Server and the Scale-Out File Server – What should your lab look like?
With the release of Windows Server Technical Preview, a common question comes to the surface again....
Author: JoseBarreto Date: 10/31/2014
Open Server Summit includes keynotes from AMD, Dell, Diablo, HP, Huawei, Intel, Lenovo and Microsoft
The server market is busier than ever. You’re probably following how virtualization evolved...
Author: JoseBarreto Date: 10/30/2014
Windows Server Storage Sessions from TechEd Europe 2014 (includes links to recordings and slides)
This blog post includes a list of the Storage-related sessions from TechEd Europe 2014 in Barcelona,...
Author: JoseBarreto Date: 10/28/2014
Storage Quality of Service Guide Released for Windows Server Technical Preview
As part of the Windows Server Technical Preview released a few weeks ago, we announced the evolution...
Author: JoseBarreto Date: 10/24/2014
SmbStorageTier.ps1: A simple way to pin files to tiers in Scale-Out File Servers
Storage Spaces Tiering Storage Spaces has an interesting new feature introduced in Windows Server...
Author: JoseBarreto Date: 10/18/2014
DiskSpd, PowerShell and storage performance: measuring IOPs, throughput and latency for both local disks and SMB file shares
- Introduction I have been doing storage-related demos and publishing blogs with some storage...
Author: JoseBarreto Date: 10/13/2014
How to use the Test-StorageHealth.ps1 PowerShell script with different configurations
If you’ve tried the Test-StorageHealth.ps1 PowerShell script, you noticed it assumes a verify...
Author: JoseBarreto Date: 09/26/2014
Adding Storage Performance to the Test-StorageHealth.ps1 script
A few weeks ago, I published a script to the TechNet Script Center that gathers health and capacity...
Author: JoseBarreto Date: 09/07/2014
Using file copy to measure storage performance – Why it’s not a good idea and what you should do instead
- Introduction Every once in a while I hear from someone that they believe they have a performance...
Author: JoseBarreto Date: 08/18/2014
Understanding the files collected by the Test-StorageHealth.ps1 PowerShell script
I recently published a PowerShell script to check the health and capacity of a Storage Cluster based...
Author: JoseBarreto Date: 08/16/2014
Sample C# code for using the latest WMI classes to manage Windows Storage
This blog post shows a bit of C# code to use the Windows Storage Management API (SM-API) classes...
Author: JoseBarreto Date: 08/11/2014
SMB3 PowerShell changes in Windows Server 2012 R2: SMB1 can now be completely removed
Introduction Windows Server 2012 R2 introduced a new version of SMB. Technically it’s SMB...
Author: JoseBarreto Date: 08/11/2014
SMB3 PowerShell changes in Windows Server 2012 R2: SMB Delegation
Introduction Windows Server 2012 R2 introduced a new version of SMB. Technically it’s SMB...
Author: JoseBarreto Date: 08/11/2014
SMB3 PowerShell changes in Windows Server 2012 R2: SMB Multi-instance
Introduction Windows Server 2012 R2 introduced a new version of SMB. Technically it’s SMB...
Author: JoseBarreto Date: 08/11/2014
SMB3 PowerShell changes in Windows Server 2012 R2: SMB Bandwidth Limits
Introduction Windows Server 2012 R2 introduced a new version of SMB. Technically it’s SMB...
Author: JoseBarreto Date: 08/11/2014
SMB3 PowerShell changes in Windows Server 2012 R2: SMB Witness improvements
Introduction Windows Server 2012 R2 introduced a new version of SMB. Technically it’s SMB...
Author: JoseBarreto Date: 08/11/2014
SMB3 PowerShell changes in Windows Server 2012 R2: Scale-Out Rebalancing (per-share redirection)
Introduction Windows Server 2012 R2 introduced a new version of SMB. Technically it’s SMB...
Author: JoseBarreto Date: 08/11/2014
SMB3 PowerShell changes in Windows Server 2012 R2: Simpler setting of ACL for the folder behind a share
Introduction Windows Server 2012 R2 introduced a new version of SMB. Technically it’s SMB...
Author: JoseBarreto Date: 08/11/2014
New poster for Cloud Ecosystem: Microsoft Azure, Windows Server 2012 R2 and System Center 2012 R2
For those who enjoy the Server Posterpedia posters, there is a new one that just became available...
Author: JoseBarreto Date: 08/07/2014
PowerShell script for Storage Cluster Health Test published to the TechNet Script Center
I just published a PowerShell script to check the health and capacity of a Storage Cluster based on...
Author: JoseBarreto Date: 07/27/2014
How the Test-StorageHealth.ps1 script checks for Storage Cluster health
I recently published the Test-StorageHealth.ps1 script to the TechNet Script Center, which checks...
Author: JoseBarreto Date: 07/26/2014
Ten years blogging, five years on Twitter
It’s hard to believe it, but I just noticed that I have been blogging at...
Author: JoseBarreto Date: 07/07/2014
Demo details for my TechEd 2014 presentation on File Server Networking
During my TechEd 2014 presentation on File Server Networking for a Private Cloud Storage...
Author: JoseBarreto Date: 05/15/2014
Building your schedule for TechEd 2014? Here are some Storage-related sessions!
TechEd NorthAmerica 2014 is just a few weeks away and it’s a sold-out event now. If...
Author: JoseBarreto Date: 04/27/2014
PowerShell tips for building objects with custom properties and special formatting
I’ve been building a number of scripts that query information using PowerShell. To create...
Author: JoseBarreto Date: 04/19/2014
Step-by-Step for Mirrored Storage Spaces Resiliency using PowerShell
0 - Overview This blog post is a walkthrough of the resiliency offered by Storage Spaces when using...
Author: JoseBarreto Date: 04/01/2014
Deploying a Windows Server 2012 R2 Scale-Out File Server Cluster using Azure VMs
- Overview In this document, I am sharing the steps I used to create a Windows Server 2012 R2...
Author: JoseBarreto Date: 03/29/2014
TechEd 2014: File Server Networking for a Private Cloud Storage Infrastructure
Just a reminder that I will be delivering a session at TechEd 2014 in Houston, Texas. Here are the...
Author: JoseBarreto Date: 03/13/2014
SMB Direct and RDMA performance demo from TechEd (includes summary, PowerShell scripts and links)
IMPORTANT NOTE:SQLIO has been deprecated, as shown at...
Author: JoseBarreto Date: 03/10/2014
Detailed guides for Windows Server 2012 R2 Private Cloud Storage (using SMB3 File Servers, Cluster Shared Volumes and Storage Spaces)
There is a new set of TechNet pages covering how to design and deploy a Private Cloud Storage...
Author: JoseBarreto Date: 03/07/2014
Troubleshooting File Server Networking Issues in Windows Server 2012 R2
In this blog post, I’m sharing a few troubleshooting tips related to File Server Networking in...
Author: JoseBarreto Date: 01/25/2014
Storage Developer Conference - SDC 2013 slides now publicly available. Here are the links to Microsoft slides...
The Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA) hosted the 10th Storage Developer Conference...
Author: JoseBarreto Date: 12/12/2013
Selecting the number of nodes for your Scale-Out File Server Cluster
I recently got a stream of e-mails and questions about the maximum number of cluster nodes you can...
Author: JoseBarreto Date: 11/08/2013
Automatic SMB Scale-Out Rebalancing in Windows Server 2012 R2
Introduction This blog post focus on the new SMB Scale-Out Rebalancing introduced in Windows Server...
Author: JoseBarreto Date: 10/30/2013
Networking configurations for Hyper-V over SMB in Windows Server 2012 and Windows Server 2012 R2
One of the questions regarding Hyper-V over SMB that I get the most relates to how the network...
Author: JoseBarreto Date: 10/09/2013
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) are you using?
Note: This blog post is a Windows Server 2012 R2 update on a previous version focused on Windows...
Author: JoseBarreto Date: 10/02/2013
Raw notes from the Storage Developers Conference (SDC 2013)
This blog post is a compilation of my raw notes from SNIA’s SDC 2013 (Storage Developers...
Author: JoseBarreto Date: 09/19/2013
What’s new in SMB PowerShell in Windows Server 2012 R2
Windows Server 2012 R2 introduced a new version of SMB. Technically it’s SMB 3.02, but we...
Author: JoseBarreto Date: 09/03/2013
Step-by-step for Storage Spaces Tiering in Windows Server 2012 R2
- Overview In this document, I am sharing all the steps I used to create a demo or test environment...
Author: JoseBarreto Date: 08/28/2013
Windows Server 2012 R2 Storage: Step-by-step with Storage Spaces, SMB Scale-Out and Shared VHDX (Virtual)
This post is a part of the nine-part “What’s New in Windows Server & System Center...
Author: JoseBarreto Date: 07/31/2013
Windows Server 2012 R2 Storage: Step-by-step with Storage Spaces, SMB Scale-Out and Shared VHDX (Physical)
This post is a part of the nine-part “What’s New in Windows Server & System Center...
Author: JoseBarreto Date: 07/31/2013
File Server Tip: How to rebalance a Scale-Out File Server using a little PowerShell
A Scale-Out File Server is a cluster role that offers the same SMB file share (or set of shares) on...
Author: JoseBarreto Date: 04/17/2013
Iron Networks shows a complete private cloud pod at MMS 2013 with Windows Server 2012 (Storage Spaces, SMB3, Hyper-V) and System Center 2012 SP1
I was visiting the expo area at MMS 2013 earlier today and saw that Iron Networks was showing a...
Author: JoseBarreto Date: 04/11/2013