Scott Lowe

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

This is a liveblog of the AWS re:Invent session titled “Hybrid Architectures: Bridging the Gap to the Cloud” (ARC208). The speaker for the session is Jamie Butler, Manager of Solutions Architecture at AWS (focused on state/local government). This leads Butler into a (recorded) demo of creating a Microsoft AD instance on AWS.

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Storage IO Blog

JANUARY 12, 2014

Some Windows Server Storage I/O related commands The following are some commands and tools for Microsoft Windows environments that are useful for storage I/O activities (among others).

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Storage IO Blog

JUNE 15, 2017

For those of you who have an interest in Microsoft Windows Server on-premise, on Azure, on Hyper-V or Nano life cycle here are some recently announced updates. The post Microsoft Windows Server, Azure, Nano Life cycle Updates appeared first on StorageIOblog.

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Storage IO Blog

AUGUST 3, 2016

Happy 20th Birthday Microsoft Windows Server, get ready for Windows Server 2016 August 3, 2016 – 1:48 pm Print Friendly Version of this pagePrint Get a PDF version of this webpagePDF Happy 20th Birthday Windows Server, ready for Server 2016?

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Storage IO Blog

OCTOBER 23, 2017

Recently I needed to upgrade one of my systems to Microsoft Windows 10 1709 (e.g. the September 2017) release that post upgrade resulted in Windows Explorer, desktop, and taskbar going into an endless loop. The post Fixing the Microsoft Windows 10 1709 post upgrade restart loop appeared first on StorageIOblog.

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The Verge

JUNE 22, 2020

The common ARM-based architecture across Apple’s products should now make it easier for developers to write and optimize apps across every major Apple device. Apple is also using virtualization for running versions of Linux on these new Macs. Apple is designing its own range of SoC for Macs, with unique features to Mac.

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Storage IO Blog

FEBRUARY 1, 2015

Microsoft Diskspd is a synthetic workload generation (e.g. benchmark) tool that runs on various Windows systems as an alternative to Iometer, vdbench, iozone, iorate, fio, sqlio among other tools.

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Storage IO Blog

FEBRUARY 1, 2015

Talking about tools and technologies is one thing, installing as well as trying them is the next step for gaining experience so how about some quick hands-on time with Microsoft Diskspd (download your copy here).

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Network World

JANUARY 4, 2018

First, to be clear, these exploits affect all the major computer chip architectures. And all the major software vendors of Linux, Microsoft for Windows, Apple for macOS, and virtualization software suppliers such as VMware and Citrix have all collaborated to mitigate this threat.

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Storage IO Blog

AUGUST 17, 2017

Need to learn more about Microsoft Azure Cloud Software Defined Data Infrastructure topics including reference architecture among other resources for various application workloads? Microsoft Azure has an architecture and resources page (here) that includes various application workload reference tools.

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The Verge

JUNE 26, 2020

The new Macs will use arm64, the same CPU architecture that recent iOS devices use (Intel-based Macs use an architecture called x86-64). But it also means that apps that were developed for Intel’s architecture originally won’t run natively on Apple’s upcoming hardware.

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GeekWire

JUNE 26, 2021

Everyone today is familiar with the success of Microsoft Office. What people don’t know is how difficult it was for Microsoft to gain a leadership position in the office productivity space before Windows became a popular platform. Microsoft had its own MS-DOS-based offerings called Microsoft Word and Microsoft Multiplan.

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CIO Business Intelligence

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

The same issues were revealed when Microsoft launched Delve, and before that when the FAST integration brought powerful search to SharePoint in 2010. Introduce gen AI capabilities without thinking about data hygiene, he warns, and people will be disillusioned when they haven’t done the pre work to get it to perform optimally.

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Storage IO Blog

JANUARY 3, 2017

Microsoft ReFS (Resilient File System) is part of Windows Servers 2012, 2012 R2, 2016 as well as Windows 8.1 The post Overview Review of Microsoft ReFS (Reliable File System) and resource links appeared first on StorageIOblog. and 10 platforms as an alternative to NTFS file system. Zettabytes (ZB).

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Storage IO Blog

DECEMBER 26, 2013

Note that in Information Technology (IT) conversations there are multiple meanings for SMB including Server Message Block aka Microsoft Windows CIFS (Common Internet File System) along with its SAMBA implementation, however for this piece the context is Small Medium Business. A […].

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Storage IO Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2017

September was a busy month for data infrastructure topics as well as Microsoft in terms of new and enhanced technologies. Wrapping up September was Microsoft Ignite where Azure, Azure Stack, Windows, O365, AI, IoT, development tools announcements occurred, along with others from earlier in the month.

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Storage IO Blog

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

or those who are into, or simply like to talk about software-defined storage (SDS), APIs, Windows, Virtual Hard Disks (VHD) or VHDX, or Hyper-V among other related themes, have you ever actually looked at the specification for VHDX? How about Algorithms + Data Structures = Programs, are you familiar with that?

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Storage IO Blog

JANUARY 5, 2016

Single Instance Storage (SIS) has been removed from Windows Server 2016 (Read the Microsoft Announcement here, or below). Windows SIS is part of Microsoft’s portfolio of tools and technology for implementing Data Footprint Reduction (DFR).

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The Verge

JULY 15, 2021

Of the two, the Switch is almost certainly the less powerful device: it features Nvidia’s Tegra X1 chipset, an Arm-based processor that’s over four years old, compared to the Steam Deck’s AMD Zen 2 CPU and next-gen RDNA 2 GPU, architectures that also appear in the PS5 and Xbox Series X. teraflops, it slots in neatly between the Xbox One S (1.4

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Storage IO Blog

FEBRUARY 1, 2015

backup BC and DR big data Cloud converged convergence Data and Information Management database DCIM Education I/O Networking Infrastructure Resource Management IT Industry Activity IT Infrastructure Topics Lab report little data metrics object storage Performance and Capacity perspective post Power and Cooling server Site related ssd Storage and Storage (..)

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Linux Academy

MAY 7, 2019

Azure, just like Microsoft ? Linux Academy is the only way to get exam-like training for multiple Microsoft Azure certifications, check out this blog post if you’re wondering where to get started in Azure. Microsoft Azure Architect Technologies – Exam AZ-300. Review migration strategies for Hyper-V virtual machines.

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Linux Academy

MAY 7, 2019

We Azure, just like Microsoft Linux! Linux Academy is the only way to get exam-like training for multiple Microsoft Azure certifications, check out this blog post if you’re wondering where to get started in Azure. Microsoft Azure Architect Technologies – Exam AZ-300. Azure Architecture. New Azure Courses.

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Sean Daniel

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

Announcing Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 Essentials. This morning, building on the Windows Small Business Server 2011 Announcement , we are announcing a new edition targeted at Small Business called Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 Essentials. What is this Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 Essentials? 4 comments: garyquigley.

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Linux Academy

MAY 7, 2019

Azure, just like Microsoft ? Linux Academy is the only way to get exam-like training for multiple Microsoft Azure certifications, check out this blog post if you’re wondering where to get started in Azure. Microsoft Azure Architect Technologies – Exam AZ-300. Review migration strategies for Hyper-V virtual machines.

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Scott Lowe

MARCH 7, 2014

Craig Matsumoto of SDN Central helps highlight a recent (and fairly significant) development in networking protocols—the submission of the Generic Network Virtualization Encapsulation (Geneve) proposal to the IETF. This next round of hardware offloads seems targeted at network virtualization and related technologies.

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Scott Lowe

MARCH 2, 2017

Brendan Burns, co-founder of Kubernetes and now an architect at Microsoft Azure, has a blog post about how Kubernetes enables containers-as-a-service (CaaS), which in turn is the foundation for the next generation of Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS). Virtualization. Thinking of virtualizing Linux on Hyper-V? Check it out on GitHub.

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Scott Lowe

JULY 17, 2020

Kevin Campusano discusses Linux development in Windows 10 with Docker and WSL 2. Former colleague (he recently moved into a new role) Jamie Duncan talks about using buildx and container manifests to build container images for multiple CPU architectures in this blog post. Virtualization.

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Storage IO Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

Seems like just yesterday it was the end of August with the start of VMworld in Las Vegas, now its the end of September and Microsoft Ignite in Orlando is wrapping up. Microsoft has made several announcements this week at Ignite including Azure cloud related, AI, IoT, Windows platforms, O365 among others.

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Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

This leads Eul into a discussion of the Intel Silvermont core: built with 22nm Tri-Gate transistors, multi-core architecture, 64-bit support, and a wide dynamic power operating range. Bay Trail is a mobile computing experience reference architecture. It appears it’s running some flavor of Windows.

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SecureWorld News

AUGUST 29, 2020

As you will see, our attacker has tried to compromise several common Windows functions. Our decoy is a Windows server 2008 with nothing particularly special about it beyond the fact that it is configured as a decoy. That means that some common Windows services are present, and it is those our attacker wants to compromise.

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Storage IO Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2015

In case you had not heard, Microsoft recently released the bits (e.g. software download) for Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview 4 (TP4). TP4 is the successor to Technical Preview 3 (TP3) that was released this past August and is the most recent public preview version of the next Windows Server.

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GeekWire

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Microsoft executive Yusuf Mehdi unveils the new AI-powered Bing and Edge experiences. Microsoft unveiled new versions of its Bing search engine and Edge web browser that take advantage of next-generation OpenAI artificial intelligence models in a move that promises to increase competition with longtime rival Google.

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Scott Lowe

AUGUST 16, 2017

This is my irregularly-published collection of links and articles from around the Internet related to the major data center technologies: networking, hardware, security, cloud computing, applications/OSes, storage, and virtualization. Looks like Microsoft’s Nano Server is headed in a new direction. Virtualization.

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The Verge

JUNE 23, 2020

Using the same Apple A12Z Bionic chip you’ll find in an $800 iPad Pro , the company showed that a low-power ARM desktop can already handle a variety of power user apps on Mac, including: Versions of Microsoft Office, Adobe Photoshop, and Lightroom running natively on ARM. Three streams of simultaneous 4K Pro Res video in Final Cut Pro.

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Galido

MAY 1, 2019

The deeper we dive into modern technology terms, the more it seems we try to blend physical and virtual worlds together. These areas of tech include general IT and technology, security, IT feeds, cloud computing, data center, mobile, social media, tips and tricks, virtualization, and operating system and software blogs. Code Blogs.

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Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

Using 1 GbE would have required too many ports, too many cables, and too many switches; 10 GbE offered Expedient a 23% reduction in cables and ports, a 14% reduction in infrastructure costs, and offered a significant bandwidth improvement (compared to the previous 1 GbE architecture). Networking Virtualization FCoE IDF2012 Intel'

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Galido

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

The deeper we dive into modern technology terms, the more it seems we try to blend physical and virtual worlds together. These areas of tech include general IT and technology, security, IT feeds, cloud computing, data center, mobile, social media, tips and tricks, virtualization, and operating system and software blogs. Code Blogs.

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