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

JANUARY 14, 2014

Dell Inspiron 660 i660, Virtual Server Diamond in the rough? During the 2013 post thanksgiving black friday shopping day, I did some on-line buying including a Dell Inspiron 660 i660 (5629BK) to be used as a physical machine (PM) or VMware host (among other things). Now technically I know, this is a workstation or desktop […].

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GeekWire

JUNE 22, 2020

Apple CEO Tim Cook announces the transition during the company’s virtual WWDC conference on Monday, calling it a “truly historic day” for the Mac. Particularly given the iPhone’s popularity, the changes have the potential to make the Apple computers more of a threat to Microsoft’s Windows business.

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CIO Musings

MARCH 24, 2014

We do virtual desktops. Positions that are posted NOW, some of these close March 27th, some are open continuously: Solutions Architect (2) - Help create solutions and the architecture that make the applications possible, mentor other programmers, solve complicated problems, save the day occasionally. Great people to work with.

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Storage IO Blog

OCTOBER 13, 2016

While Microsoft Windows Server recently celebrated its 20th birthday (or anniversary), a lot has changed as well as evolved. This includes Windows Servers 2016 supporting new deployment and consumption models (e.g. The post Gaining Server Storage I/O Insight into Microsoft Windows Server 2016 appeared first on StorageIOblog.

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Storage IO Blog

MARCH 28, 2018

Microsoft Windows Server 2019 Insiders Preview Microsoft Windows Server 2019 Insiders Preview has been announced. Windows Server 2019 in the past might have been named 2016 R2 also known as a Long-Term Servicing Channel (LTSC) release.

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SecureWorld News

APRIL 15, 2022

Open Platform Communications Unified Architecture (OPC UA) servers. The advisory also provides some technical details of the threat actors and their tools: "The APT actors' tools have a modular architecture and enable cyber actors to conduct highly automated exploits against targeted devices. OMRON Sysmac NEX PLCs.

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Gizmodo

MAY 30, 2021

Intel revealed new additions to its 11th-gen mobile processor lineup as part of this year’s virtual Computex show. The company also announced a 5G modem for connectivity on future Windows machines. The processors are based on Intel’s Evo platform and feature integrated Iris Xe graphics and WiFi 6. Read more.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

The sphere is constructed from 114 individual pieces of glass held in place by 10 vertical mullions (the architectural term for supporting bars between panes of glass in a window), and Apple says the dome is a first-of-its kind construction: all-glass and fully self-supporting. Image: Apple. Posted by Mothership.sg

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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

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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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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Network World

MARCH 27, 2018

Internal tests from a leading industry vendor have shown that fixes applied to servers running Linux or Windows Server aren’t as detrimental as initially thought, with many use cases seeing no impact at all. Skylake, though, was a whole new architecture, and as it turns out, that made the difference.

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Storage IO Blog

MARCH 31, 2014

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CTOvision

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

The argument is that today with the expansion of n-tier distributed systems and massively parallel architectures, east-west traffic has increased exponentially. Microsegmentation brings three important things to the table: 1) support for network virtualization; 2) support for software defined networking; and 3) automation.

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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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CIO Business Intelligence

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

The traditional approach to cybersecurity was about having a good lock on the front door and locks on all the windows, with the idea that if my security controls were strong enough, it would keep hackers out,” says Simon Leech, HPE’s deputy director, Global Security Center of Excellence. Remember that preparation is everything.

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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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CIO Business Intelligence

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Hastening hardware refresh With Windows 10 reaching end of life in 2025, CIOs will plan to migrate to Windows 11 over the next 18 months, and getting the promised security improvements by default means investing in new PCs with newer generations of CPU that have the right instructions to support security features without compromising performance.

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Storage IO Blog

OCTOBER 28, 2014

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Kitaboo

JUNE 14, 2021

The multimedia-rich digital content can be read across Android, iOS, and Windows operating systems. AI-enabled virtual assistant to help with word suggestions and grammatical errors. It works pretty well on Mac, Linux, and Windows. Understanding Readium – Features, Architecture and Alternatives. Importing Word documents.

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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

FEBRUARY 1, 2015

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

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Storage IO Blog

AUGUST 20, 2013

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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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Storage IO Blog

JANUARY 31, 2015

This is a list of various articles, tips, post and other resources on server storage I/O performance benchmarking for legacy, virtual, cloud and software defined environments along with associated tools.

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CTOvision

JUNE 27, 2014

The OnLive® CloudLift Enterprise service offers businesses the ability to stream latency-sensitive Graphics Intensive Applications (GIAs), such as high-definition interactive demos, simulations and 3D programs, from the cloud to virtually any device instantly, with unparalleled control, security and support. Architecture' About OnLive.

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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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Scott Lowe

AUGUST 27, 2021

I have a fairly diverse set of links for readers this time around, covering topics from microchips to improving your writing, with stops along the way in topics like Kubernetes, virtualization, Linux, and the popular JSON-parsing tool jq. This is an interesting deep dive into Intel’s “Ice Lake” Xeon SP architecture.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 8, 2023

The traditional approach to cybersecurity was about having a good lock on the front door and locks on all the windows, with the idea that if my security controls were strong enough, it would keep hackers out,” says Simon Leech, HPE’s deputy director, Global Security Center of Excellence. Remember that preparation is everything.

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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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Linux Academy

APRIL 24, 2019

In the past, the migration of virtual machines could be a very complicated process and required significant expertise for on-premise personnel to migrate existing virtual machines to the cloud. Let’s look at some of the details and advantages of using a service like Cloud Endure to migrate virtual machines to the cloud.

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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

JANUARY 6, 2015

My reason for getting a NUC is to use it as a simple low-power platform to run different software on including bare-metal OS, hypervisors, cloud, virtual and software defined server storage and networking applications on that might otherwise be on an old laptop or mini-tower. a 4th generation model) to join some other servers that I have.

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Scott Lowe

MARCH 2, 2020

Chip Zoller makes the argument in favor of running Kubernetes in/on virtual machines. Christian Posta talks about how microservices are not the only approach to software design, and then walks through the recent shift in Istio—the open source service mesh—from a microservices-based architecture to a more monolithic approach.

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Storage IO Blog

JANUARY 6, 2015

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CTOvision

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

One of the unintended consequences of distributed computing and Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) is that things get more complicated. Like many solutions, Nutanix converges “storage,” “compute” & virtualization. In addition to storage, compute, and virtualization, they converged, DNS, DHCP and their own hypervisor.

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