Storage

Every Windows Server can be a iSCSI Target

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No, I didn’t do a typo and mean to say “Every Windows Server has an iSCSI Initiator” And it may only be a slight exaggeration when I say “Every“. But did you know that your Windows Server 2008 R2 server can also be an iSCSI Target? I didn’t. Typically, one thinks of an iSCSI Target … Read more

Windows 8 – ISO and VHD support!

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Am not sure whether to shout “Woo Hoo” or “Finally" … but am going with “Woooo Hooo”. ISO and VHD files are a wonderful container for files, until you actually need just one.   Prior to Windows 8, you could risk downloading shareware (with and without malware) to mount ISOs, which was really risky because most … Read more

Dell announces a Windows Storage Server 2008 appliance

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Congratulations to my friends at Dell for their launch of storage appliances that are powered by Windows Storage Server 2008. This is a great example of what happens with the partnership of Microsoft with a server manufacturer. In this case, instead of simply pre-installing Windows Server and a standard Dell PowerEdge server (which is already … Read more

Announcing the HP Windows Storage Server 2008 appliances – X1000 and X3000

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This is a very good day to be in storage and a Windows network administrator – because HP just announced that they are shipping storage appliances that are powered by Windows Storage Server 2008.  For more on the WSS08 release last month, check out these blogs: May 5 – Announcing Windows Storage Server 2008 – … Read more

Why is Windows Storage Server only available through OEM’s ?

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I get this question every once in a while – so I thought I would offer my perspective on this. To answer that, let me do a short reminder of what a Windows Storage Server is: We started with the mainstream Windows Server operating system – and tune it from being the industry-leading general purpose … Read more