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Expanding the Cloud for Windows Developers - All Things Distributed

All Things Distributed

Expanding the Cloud for Windows Developers. of administrative tasks such as OS and database software patching, storage management, and implementing reliable backup and disaster recovery solutions. pricing starts at $0.035/hour and is inclusive of SQL Server software, hardware, and Amazon RDS management capabilities.

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the future of the Operating System - LinuxCon 2015 keynote

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OS Provides Portability 
 (same app runs on different hardware). OS in 1960s • IBM OS/360 – First OS that kept track of system resources (program, memory, storage) • CTSS – Introduce scheduling • Univac Exec 8, Burrows MCP, Multics. OS Manages Processes & Resources. OS Provides Isolation & Reliability.

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Cedexis Now Tracks Performance for 50 Clouds » Data Center.

Data Center Knowledge

Internet performance and control company Cedexis announced an extension to its Radar community services with the addition of many new clouds, and the availability of Radar reports as an app for Windows 8. The Windows 8 Radar app is available immediately for free on the Windows App Store. Disaster Recovery.

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Data Tape: Dying a Slow Death or Already Dead? » Data Center.

Data Center Knowledge

I’ve been in the data storage industry for years, and our customers STILL have some sort of tape storage lingering around. In the past, linear storage media was used as the first line of defense to restore lost data. Evolution of Storage and Backup Technology. Yet in 2013, many data centers are still using tape.

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Ballmer: Microsoft has 1 Million Servers » Data Center Knowledge

Data Center Knowledge

Even Facebook, which has open sourced much of its designs for its data center hardware but remains vague about its server count, saying only that it operates “hundreds of thousands” of machines. Just think how much all them licences would have cost any other company running 1 million+ Windows servers! Disaster Recovery.

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Using Virtualization and Cloud as a DR strategy

Virtualized Greek

They talked about how end users shouldn’t use their premier VDI solution XenDesktop as a disaster recovery solution. If you are using Windows Server 2012 you can actually cluster a physical server with a virtual server by leveraging Windows native clustering.

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Technology Short Take #45

Scott Lowe

Servers/Hardware. The storage aspect of Docker isn’t typically discussed in a lot of detail, other than perhaps focusing on the need for persistent storage via Docker volumes. Visit the site for more information on virtualization, servers, storage, and other enterprise technologies. ” Virtualization.

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