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Implementing an End-User Data Centralization Solution with Folder Redirection and Offlines Files

There's a new 77-page white paper covering the use of Folder Redirection and Offline Files in a very practical way. Here's an excerpt: "The objective of this white paper is to show through a case study how to use different Microsoft products and technologies Read More...
Posted Friday, October 23, 2009 10:00 PM by josebda | 0 Comments

File Server Capacity Tool (FSCT) 1.0 available for download

Version 1.0 of the File Server Capacity Tool (FSCT) was announced yesterday during a presentation by Jian Yan and Bartosz Nyczkowski at SNIA’s Storage Developer Conference in Santa Clara, CA. The presentation covered a number of details about FSCT and Read More...
Posted Wednesday, September 16, 2009 10:57 AM by josebda | 0 Comments

SNIA’s Storage Developers Conference 2009 in Santa Clara, CA is coming – Plan to be there on the week of September 14th

The Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA) is hosting the 6th Storage Developer Conference (SDC) in the Hyatt Regency in beautiful Santa Clara, CA (Silicon Valley) on the week of September 14th. This event is also co-located with the CIFS/SMB/SMB2 Read More...
Posted Saturday, August 08, 2009 10:04 AM by josebda | 0 Comments

File Server Capacity Tool (FSCT) Release Candidate available for download

The File Server Capacity Tool (FSCT) is a capacity planning software for CIFS/SMB/SMB2 file servers. It’s also useful for identifying performance bottlenecks. FSCT results include the maximum number of users for a file server configuration, throughput Read More...
Posted Wednesday, July 08, 2009 7:11 AM by josebda | 0 Comments

Windows Storage Server 2008 and the Microsoft iSCSI Software Target 3.2

I am glad to share that Windows Storage Server 2008 (WSS 2008) and the Microsoft iSCSI Software Target 3.2 have been released to the Microsoft OEM partners. This is the successor to Windows Storage Server 2003 (WSS 2003) and Windows Unified Data Storage Read More...
Posted Tuesday, May 05, 2009 9:25 PM by josebda | 2 Comments

Final version of Network Monitor 3.3 available for download

NetMon 3.3 has just been released, with a number of new features. One of my favorites this time around is the ability to add comments to a frame. Also, keep in mind that protocols are evolving and having the latest NetMon can help. For instance, only Read More...
Posted Thursday, April 23, 2009 8:45 AM by josebda | 0 Comments
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The Basics of the Windows Server 2008 Distributed File System (DFS)

Overview In this blog post, we’ll cover the basics of the Distributed File System (DFS) in Windows Server 2008, which offers users simplified access to a set of file shares and helps administrators easily maintain the file server infrastructure behind Read More...
Posted Tuesday, March 10, 2009 8:10 PM by josebda | 4 Comments

New Tolly Group report on the performance of SMB2

The Tolly Group, Inc. has just released a new 39-page report on the SMB2 performance improvements in Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008. Title : Enhanced Network Performance with Microsoft Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 - Update Abstract : With Read More...
Posted Monday, January 26, 2009 5:30 PM by josebda | 1 Comments
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2008 SNIA Storage Developer Conference presentations available for download

The presentations from the SDC 2008 are now publicly available for download. This SNIA event happened in Santa Clara, CA on September 22-25 and the decks are now available to everyone, after being restricted to conference attendees for a few months. Out Read More...
Posted Thursday, January 15, 2009 8:49 PM by josebda | 1 Comments
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Windows Server 2008 File and Storage Solutions webcast - recording now available

I had the pleasure to deliver yesterday a TechNet Webcast on "Windows Server 2008 File and Storage Solutions", which also included details on the upcoming Windows Server 2008 R2. That webcast is now available on-demand (for streaming or download), via Read More...
Posted Thursday, January 15, 2009 2:37 PM by josebda | 0 Comments

SMB2, a complete redesign of the main remote file protocol for Windows

Introduction SMB (Server Message Block) is a remote file protocol commonly used by Microsoft Windows clients and servers that dates back to 1980’s. Back when it was first used, LANs speeds were typically 10Mbps or less, WAN use was very limited and there Read More...
Posted Tuesday, December 09, 2008 9:30 AM by josebda | 1 Comments

File Server performance improvements with the SMB2 protocol in Windows Server 2008

SMB (Server Message Block) is the main protocol used in Windows for file sharing and it has been significantly improved from Windows Server 2003/Windows XP to Windows Server 2008/Windows Vista. During my TechEd 2008 ITForum presentation on “Windows Server Read More...
Posted Tuesday, November 11, 2008 8:02 AM by josebda | 9 Comments

“FSCT” - A CIFS/SMB/SMB2 File Server Tool for Capacity Planning and Performance Troubleshooting

Overview A recent presentation during SNIA’s Storage Developer Conference described an upcoming tool called “FSCT”. “FSCT” (which stands for “File Server Capacity Tool”) was created by Microsoft after analyzing the workload of production file servers Read More...
Posted Monday, October 06, 2008 7:22 PM by josebda | 0 Comments
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Storage Developer Conference presentation next week

Next week I will be delivering a presentation on “A CIFS/SMB/SMBV2 File Server Tool for Capacity Planning and Performance Troubleshooting” during SNIA’s Storage Developer Conference in Santa Clara, CA. You can see the agenda and some additional details Read More...
Posted Monday, September 15, 2008 9:05 AM by josebda | 0 Comments
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