I Can Finally Talk About Windows Storage Server 2008!
Posted by Stephen in Enterprise storage on 05. May, 2009 | View Comments
I don’t usually “do” NDAs. It’s just too hard to figure out what I’m allowed to say and what I should keep quiet. I prefer to get free and open information, but will settle for embargoed briefings if it means I can get some time to think before reporting. So my Microsoft connection is a [...]
10 Cool Storage Features From the 2009 Microsoft MVP Summit
Posted by Stephen in Enterprise storage, Everything, Personal, Terabyte home on 06. Mar, 2009 | View Comments
Note: Every one of these items has previously been discussed by Microsoft. I can’t yet talk about any other storage features I might have seen…
iSCSI Quick Connect – No more fumbling through tabs and popups, just enter an IP address and you’re connected! Yeah, baby!
Wire-speed 10 Gb iSCSI – The software iSCSI initiator can saturate a [...]
Microsoft’s best-kept secret
Posted by Stephen in Enterprise storage on 20. Jun, 2007 | View Comments
I’ve said before that Microsoft’s work in the field of enterprise storage was truly remarkable. Every other operating system vendor, as well as the grubby hordes developing Linux and BSD, should be ashamed that the “evil empire” beat them to the punch with great storage ideas like VSS, VDS, and transportable backup integration. [...]
