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Configuring Performance Options for Live Migration In Windows Server 2012 R2...
New Options For Optimizing Live Migrations In Windows Server 2012 R2 we have a whole range of options to leverage Live Migration of our environment and needs. Next to the new default (Compression) we...
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Preventing Live Migration Over SMB Starving CSV Traffic in Windows Server...
One of the big changes in Windows Server 2012 R2 is that all types of Live Migration can now leverage SMB 3.0 if the right conditions are met. That means that Multichannel & SMB Direct (RDMA) come...
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Don’t Let Live Migration Settings Behavior Confuse You
Configuring live migration settings on a cluster In the cluster under Networks, Live Migration Settings you can select what networks are available for live migration and their order of preference....
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Unable to retrieve all data needed to run the wizard. Error details: "Cannot...
I was recently configuring a Windows Server 2012 File server cluster to provide SMB transparent failover with continuous available file shares for end users. So, we’re not talking about a Scale Out...
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Live Migration over SMB Direct leaves more CPU cycles for Virtual RSS (vRSS)...
I recently (January 22nd 2014) gave a WebCast presentation for the Dutch Windows Management User Group (@WMUG_NL) in which I made the case for using SMB Direct with Live Migration to save CPU cycles...
View ArticleRDMA Over RoCE With DCB Requires Tagged Non Default VLANs
It’s DCB That Requires This For those of you who are experimenting with the RoCE variant of RDMA for SMB Direct in Windows Server 2012 (R2), make sure you have a VLAN tag in your configuration if this...
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I Can’t Afford 10GBps For Hyper-V And Other Lies
You’re wrong There, I said it. Sure you can. Don’t think you need to be a big data center to make this happen. You just need to think and work outside the box a bit and when you’re not a large...
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SMB 3, ODX, Windows Server 2012 R2 & Windows 8.1 perform magic in file...
SMB 3 for Transparent Failover File Shares SMB 3 gives us lots of goodies and one of them is Transparent Failover which allows us to make file shares continuously available on a cluster. I have talked...
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Migrate an old file server to a transparent failover file server with...
This is not a step by step “How to” but we’ll address some thing you need to do and the tips and tricks that might make things a bit smoother for you. 1) Disable Short file names & Strip existing...
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More Tips On Dealing With Removing Short File Names When Migrating To a SMB3...
You might have read my blog posts on the capabilities and the process of migrating to a Transparent Failover File Server. If not, here they are: SMB 3, ODX, Windows Server 2012 R2 & Windows 8.1...
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