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The Basics of Windows Server 2008 Storage Explorer

Storage Explorer is a new tool in Windows Server 2008 to help you understand how your server SAN storage is configured. It provides information about the storage fabrics (Fibre Channel and iSCSI) and also about the configuration of each server. For details, Read More...

Posted: Thursday, May 15, 2008 5:49 AM by cfsbloggers | 0 Comments

Filed under: Fibre Channel, iSCSI, Storage Area Network (SAN), Storage Explorer, WMI

Why is my Storage Manager for SAN grayed out?

You can use Storage Manager for SANs to create and manage logical unit numbers (LUNs) on both Fibre Channel and iSCSI disk storage subsystems that support Virtual Disk Service (VDS). The arrays are managed by the VDS hardware providers. The picture below Read More...

Posted: Friday, April 25, 2008 10:45 AM by cfsbloggers | 0 Comments

Filed under: Fibre Channel, Storage, Storage Area Network (SAN), Storage Manager for SANs

Storage Support for Failover Clustering in Windows Server 2008

Some customers ask why parallel SCSI support was removed from Windows Server 2008. Failover Cluster in Windows Server 2008 intents to achieve the highest standard of reliability. For that, every hardware component has to be marked as “certified for Windows Read More...

Posted: Monday, March 24, 2008 11:13 AM by cfsbloggers | 0 Comments

Filed under: Fibre Channel, iSCSI, Server clusters, Windows Server 2008, Failover Clustering