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7/17/2020

A blog by Jose Barreto, a member of the OneDrive team at Microsoft.

TechNet Radio series covers Windows Server 2012 File Server and SMB 3.0 scenarios

I have been working with Bob Hunt at the TechNet Radio team to provide a series of webcasts with...

Author: JoseBarreto Date: 04/11/2013

MMS 2013 Demo: Hyper-V over SMB at high throughput with SMB Direct and SMB Multichannel

Overview I delivered a demo of Hyper-V over SMB this week at MMS 2013 that’s an evolution of a...

Author: JoseBarreto Date: 04/10/2013

Slides for the Instructor-Led Lab on Windows Server 2012 Storage from MMS 2013

I delivered an instructor-led lab on Windows Server 2012 Storage at MMS 2013 yesterday (4/8), with a...

Author: JoseBarreto Date: 04/09/2013

Q and A: I only have two NICs on my Hyper-V host. Should I team them or not?

Question via e-mail: I am using blade servers for my Hyper-V cluster and I can only have two NICs...

Author: JoseBarreto Date: 03/30/2013

Q and A: Can I use SMB3 storage without RDMA?

Question received via e-mail: Is it practical use SMB3 storage without RDMA or do we have a use case...

Author: JoseBarreto Date: 03/30/2013

Q and A: Is it possible to run SMB Direct from within a VM?

Question received via blog mail: Jose- I picked up a couple ConnectX-2 adapters and a cable off of...

Author: JoseBarreto Date: 03/30/2013

SQLIO, PowerShell and storage performance: measuring IOPs, throughput and latency for both local disks and SMB file shares

IMPORTANT NOTE:SQLIO has been deprecated, as shown at...

Author: JoseBarreto Date: 03/28/2013

Increasing Availability – The REAP Principles (Redundancy, Entanglement, Awareness and Persistence)

Introduction Increasing availability is a key concern with computer systems. With all the...

Author: JoseBarreto Date: 02/28/2013

Hardware options for highly available Windows Server 2012 systems using shared, directly-attached storage

Highly available Windows Server 2012 systems using shared, directly-attached storage can be built...

Author: JoseBarreto Date: 02/23/2013

Hyper-V over SMB – Performance considerations

Introduction If you follow this blog, you probably already had a chance to review the...

Author: JoseBarreto Date: 02/04/2013

Hyper-V over SMB – Sample Configurations

This post describes a few different Hyper-V over SMB sample configurations with increasing levels of...

Author: JoseBarreto Date: 01/26/2013

Sample PowerShell Scripts for Storage Spaces, standalone Hyper-V over SMB and SQLIO testing

These are some PowerShell snippets to configure a specific set of systems for Hyper-V over SMB...

Author: JoseBarreto Date: 01/26/2013

Minimum version of Mellanox firmware required for running SMB Direct in Windows Server 2012

There are two blog posts explaining in great detail what you need to do to use Mellanox ConnectX-2...

Author: JoseBarreto Date: 01/18/2013

How much traffic needs to pass between the SMB Client and Server before Multichannel actually starts?

One smart MVP was doing some testing and noticed that SMB Multichannel did not trigger immediately...

Author: JoseBarreto Date: 01/18/2013

Question from a user (paraphrased): When we access a local file via loopback UNC path, is this the...

Author: JoseBarreto Date: 01/18/2013

How to use the new SMB 3.0 WMI classes in Windows Server 2012 and Windows 8 (from PowerShell)

If you're an IT Administrator, you're likely to use the new SMB PowerShell cmdlets to manage your...

Author: JoseBarreto Date: 01/18/2013

I got a question the other day about one of the scripts I published as part of a step-by-step for...

Author: JoseBarreto Date: 01/18/2013

New ESG Lab Validation Report shows Performance of Windows Server 2012 Storage and Networking

There is a new ESG report out that shows the Storage and Networking performance of Windows Server...

Author: JoseBarreto Date: 01/11/2013

Windows Server 2012 and Windows 8 include a new set of performance counters that can greatly help...

Author: JoseBarreto Date: 11/19/2012

A while back, I showed how to use PowerShell V2 and our old SMB WMIv1 object to explain how to find...

Author: JoseBarreto Date: 11/19/2012

Windows Server 2012 File Server Tip: Run the File Services Best Practices Analyzer (BPA)

Windows Server 2012 includes a built-in mechanism called Best Practices Analyzer (BPA) to check your...

Author: JoseBarreto Date: 11/15/2012

Windows Server 2012 File Server Tip: Avoid loopback configurations for Hyper-V over SMB

When deploying Hyper-V over SMB (storing your live configuration and live VHD/VHDX files on an SMB...

Author: JoseBarreto Date: 11/14/2012

Windows Server 2012 File Server Tip: Enable CSV Caching on Scale-Out File Server Clusters

Cluster Shared Volumes (CSV) in Windows Server 2012 has a great new feature to allow using system...

Author: JoseBarreto Date: 11/14/2012

Windows Server 2012 File Server Tip: Continuous Availability does not work with volumes using 8.3 naming or NTFS compression

When deploying the Continuous Availability feature of the new File Server clusters in Windows Server...

Author: JoseBarreto Date: 11/13/2012

Windows Server 2012 File Server Tip: Disable 8.3 Naming (and strip those short names too)

This has been a performance tip for File Servers for some time now: disable short names. There are...

Author: JoseBarreto Date: 11/13/2012

Windows Server 2012 File Server Tip: Use multiple subnets when deploying SMB Multichannel in a cluster

SMB Multichannel will let you use multiple network interfaces at once for added throughput and...

Author: JoseBarreto Date: 11/12/2012

Windows Server 2012 File Server Tip: Make sure your network interfaces are RSS-capable

The new SMB Multichannel feature improves performance for network interfaces by using multiple TCP...

Author: JoseBarreto Date: 11/10/2012

Windows Server 2012 File Server Tip: Switch to the High Performance power profile

When you install a fresh copy of Windows Server 2012 and configure it with the File Server role, the...

Author: JoseBarreto Date: 11/10/2012

SNIA Tutorials cover a wealth of Storage knowledge (SNW Fall 2012 Update)

I’m always amazed by the vast amount of knowledge being posted online for free download. If...

Author: JoseBarreto Date: 10/20/2012

Windows Server 2012, File Servers and SMB 3.0 – Simpler and Easier by Design

Introduction I have been presenting our solution in Windows Server 2012 for File Storage for...

Author: JoseBarreto Date: 10/08/2012

Talks at SNW Fall 2012 in October will cover SMB Direct, Hyper-V over SMB and SMB 3.0

I have three presentations lined up for the ComputerWorld/SNIA SNW Fall 2012 Conference, scheduled...

Author: JoseBarreto Date: 09/27/2012

Compilation of my live tweets from SNIA’s SDC 2012 (Storage Developer Conference)

Here is a compilation of my live tweets from SNIA’s SDC 2012 (Storage Developers Conference)....

Author: JoseBarreto Date: 09/21/2012

The built-in SMB PowerShell aliases in Windows Server 2012 and Windows 8

1 – Overview Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 introduced a new set of PowerShell cmdlets to...

Author: JoseBarreto Date: 08/30/2012

Test Hyper-V over SMB configuration with Windows Server 2012 - Step-by-step Installation using PowerShell

Overview In this post, I am sharing all the steps I used to create a Windows Server 2012 File...

Author: JoseBarreto Date: 08/24/2012

Windows Server 2012 Scale-Out File Server for SQL Server 2012 - Step-by-step Installation

Outline 1. Introduction 1.1. Overview 1.2. Hardware 1.3. Software 1.4. Notes and disclaimers 2....

Author: JoseBarreto Date: 08/23/2012

Deploying Windows Server 2012 with SMB Direct (SMB over RDMA) and the Chelsio T4 cards using iWARP – Step by Step

Introduction We have covered the basics of SMB Direct and some of the use cases in previous blog...

Author: JoseBarreto Date: 07/31/2012

Deploying Windows Server 2012 with SMB Direct (SMB over RDMA) and the Mellanox ConnectX-3 using 10GbE/40GbE RoCE – Step by Step

Introduction We have covered the basics of SMB Direct and some of the use cases in previous blog...

Author: JoseBarreto Date: 07/31/2012

Deploying Windows Server 2012 with SMB Direct (SMB over RDMA) and the Intel NetEffect NE020 card using iWARP – Step by Step

Introduction We have covered the basics of SMB Direct and some of the use cases in previous blog...

Author: JoseBarreto Date: 07/31/2012

Deploying Windows Server 2012 with SMB Direct (SMB over RDMA) and the Mellanox ConnectX-2/ConnectX-3 using InfiniBand – Step by Step

Introduction We have covered the basics of SMB Direct and some of the use cases in previous blog...

Author: JoseBarreto Date: 07/31/2012

Windows Server 2012 and SMB 3.0 – VSS for SMB File Shares

There is a new blog post by Claus Joergensen, a Principal Program Manager in the File Server team,...

Author: JoseBarreto Date: 06/30/2012

The basics of SMB Multichannel, a feature of Windows Server 2012 and SMB 3.0

Introduction Windows Server 2012 includes a new feature called SMB Multichannel, part of the SMB...

Author: JoseBarreto Date: 06/28/2012

The basics of SMB PowerShell, a feature of Windows Server 2012 and SMB 3.0

Overview 1.1. Introduction Windows Server 2012 provides Windows PowerShell cmdlets and WMI...

Author: JoseBarreto Date: 06/27/2012

Windows Server 2012 and SMB 3.0 demos at TechEd showcase File Server with multiple storage configurations and technologies

Introduction We recently had our TechEd North America event and all sessìon slides and...

Author: JoseBarreto Date: 06/25/2012

File Server team sessions at TechEd 2012 Europe

If you're planning to attend the TechEd 2012 Europe event in June, here are the scheduled sessions...

Author: JoseBarreto Date: 06/23/2012

File Server team sessions at TechEd 2012 North America available for streaming/download

We had a great time showing Windows Server 2012 at TechEd North America and I wanted to share that...

Author: JoseBarreto Date: 06/15/2012

Windows Server 2012 and SMB 3.0 – Understanding how SMB Transparent Failover makes file shares continuously available

There is a new blog post by Claus Joergensen, a Principal Program Manager in the File Server team,...

Author: JoseBarreto Date: 06/13/2012

The Microsoft TechEd 2012 North America conference is happening this week in Orlando, FL. As part of...

Author: JoseBarreto Date: 06/13/2012

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