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Failover Clustering in Windows Server 2008 R2 - In Brief

Failover clustering is an important feature of the Windows Server platform that can improve server availability. When one server fails, another server begins to provide service in its place. This process is called failover. Failover clusters in Windows Server 2008 R2 provide seamless easy-to-deploy high availability for important databases, messaging...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Server, Failover, Failover Clustering, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Servers, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Hardware

White papers 2009-04-01

TechNet Webcast: Introduction to Failover Clustering (Level 100)

High availability, disaster recovery, fault tolerance. The attendee will learn about Windows Server 2008 R2 failover clustering, a high-availability solution from Microsoft. Failover clustering connects servers and monitors the health of the servers and the applications running on servers. In the event of a server failure, applications can fail over...

Tags: Webcast, Failover, Microsoft TechNet, Failover Clustering, Servers, Hardware

Webcasts 2009-03-18

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Doing the VMworld Dance Summary

I found VMworld to be an excellent opportunity to meet executives of both VMware and its partners. I'm hoping to stay in touch with these companies so that I can help you stay up to date as well. Here are a few general observations about what I...

Tags: VMware Inc., IT Decision Maker, Virtualization, Hardware, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2009-09-03

TechNet Webcast: Saving IT Costs With Windows Server 2008 R2 and Virtualization Technologies(Level 300)

The presenter of this webcast will explore how Windows Server 2008 R2 saves IT costs by using Virtualization technologies to consolidate servers, improve availability, improve manageability of Hyper-V servers, and simplified deployment methods for virtual machines and physical machine deployments. First the presenter will discuss Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V...

Tags: Virtualization, Webcast, Microsoft Windows Server, Information Technology, Microsoft Corp., Physical Machine, Microsoft Windows Server Hyper-V, Microsoft TechNet, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Windows, Servers, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware

Webcasts 2009-07-23

TechNet Webcast: Windows Server 2008 R2 Technical Overview (Part 2 of 2) (Level 300)

The presenter of this webcast gives technical overview of the Windows Server 2008 R2 operating system. The presenter looks at scalability, failover clustering, Web, and Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 better together features. The presenter also covers the changes in Windows Server 2008 R2 that improve scalability and...

Tags: Webcast, Microsoft Windows Server, Microsoft TechNet, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 7, Servers, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware

Webcasts 2009-06-11

Inside SQL Server 2008 - Exploring High Availability and Scalability Enhancements

SQL 2005 introduced High Availability and scalability enhancements, such as database mirroring and improved failover clustering from earlier versions. Microsoft is shooting for close to zero downtime with the launch of SQL 2008 by incorporating availability and recovery features that were previously only available in third-party solutions. These features include...

Tags: Microsoft SQL Server, High Availability, Scalability, Microsoft SQL Server 2008

White papers 2009-05-20

Failover Clustering in Windows Server 2008 R2

Failover clusters are used by IT professionals who need to provide high availability for services or applications; failover clusters help IT departments keep their mission-critical services up and running. In Windows Server 2008 R2, the improvements to failover clusters are aimed at simplifying failover clusters, making them more secure, and...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Server, Failover, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Server 2008

White papers 2009-05-01

Oracle to Buy Sun - View from the Virtual World

If Oracle's acquisition of Sun actually becomes a market reality, it will most certainly change the dynamics of the market for servers, operating systems, development tools, database management systems, applications and, of course, virtualization technology. Let's take a dark view of the possibilities in each area. ...

Tags: Oracle Corp., Virtual World, Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun Solaris, Productivity, Virtualization, Storage, Databases, Advertising & Promotion, Storage Management, Development Tools, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Data Management, Marketing, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2009-04-20

TechNet Webcast: Failover Clustering Feature Road Map for Windows Server 2008 R2 (Level 300)

The attendee of this webcast will learn about all the new Failover Clustering enhancements that are going to be delivered in Windows Server 2008 R2 code name "Windows Server 7" operating system. This webcast drill into incremental improvements from Windows Server 2008 to the cluster validation tool, Windows PowerShell support,...

Tags: Webcast, Microsoft Windows Server, Failover, Microsoft TechNet, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Windows, Servers, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware

Webcasts 2009-03-26

SQL Server 2008 Failover Clustering Rolling Upgrade

The presenter of this webcast covers enhancements made in SQL 2008 Failover Clustering. The presenter briefly discuss about the new installation process for SQL Server 2008 Failover Clustering. This webcast focuses on "Rolling Upgrade" to ensure that you have minimum downtime.

Tags: Microsoft SQL Server, Clustering, Microsoft SQL Server 2008

Webcasts 2009-03-25

TechNet Webcast: High Availability Basics With Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V (Level 200)

Virtualization is a hot topic on customers' minds. But what happens if one consolidate a number of servers into virtual machines, put them on a single host computer, and that computer fails? All the eggs are in one basket, so to speak, and users may not be able to access...

Tags: Webcast, Microsoft Windows Server, High Availability, Microsoft TechNet, Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Hardware, Storage, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software

Webcasts 2009-03-19

Marathon Technologies and Microsoft dance together

Marathon Technologies has been on my radar screen for quite a long time. Early in the 1990s, the company developed an approach allowing paired Windows systems to provide an environment that was never seen to fail (see earlier posts on the company here Marathon Technologies launches everRun CDP and Marathon...

Tags: Marathon Technologies, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2009-03-09

Protect Your Data and Maintain High Availability for Your VMware Environment With Veritas NetBackup and Cluster Server for VMware ESX

Organizations are using server virtualization to reduce costs and achieve greater flexibility; however, the risk of reduced data and application availability has slowed the implementation of production applications in virtual machines. Veritas Cluster Server for VMware is a comprehensive high availability and disaster recovery solution for the ESX platform, providing...

Tags: Microsoft Cluster Server, VERITAS Software Corp., Environment, High Availability, Server, VMware Inc., VERITAS NetBackup, Virtual Machine, VMWare ESX, Disaster Recovery, Desktop Virtualization, Data Management, Hardware, Virtualization

Webcasts 2009-01-29

TechNet Webcast: New File Server Features of Windows Server 2008 (Level 200)

The attendee of this webcast will discover how the new file server features in Windows Server 2008 can help users more easily and reliably share their files on the network. In this webcast, the presenter reviews the new features of the file server role in Windows Server 2008 and discusses...

Tags: Webcast, Microsoft Windows Server, File Server, Microsoft TechNet, File Servers, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Windows, Storage Management, Servers, Enterprise Software, Software, Operating Systems, Storage, Hardware

Webcasts 2008-12-08

Auer Ensures High Availability and Performance With Advanced Application Server Platform

Auer Media & Entertainment wanted to reduce system downtime by implementing an application server platform that is reliable and scalable and ensure service and support is readily available to the new solution for quick problem resolution. The challenge was to guarantee around-the-clock access to critical business applications and services. Auer...

Tags: Oracle Corp., Performance, Application Server, High Availability, Server, Auer, Application Servers, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software

Case studies 2008-11-01

FalconStor

FalconStor's product marketing manager, Peter Eicher, and I had a chat recently about Hyper-V, storage virtualization, life and the universe recently. The news is that FalconStor is supporting Microsoft's Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Multi-Site Clustering and Microsoft Hyper-V Virtual Servers. FalconStor' NSS enables automated, application-consistent failover in geographically dispersed clusters...

Tags: Storage Virtualization, FalconStor, Virtualization, Server Virtualization, Storage Management, Ip storage, Cloud Computing, Utility Computing, Storage, Hardware, Servers, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2008-10-20

Dell™ Solutions Guides for Microsoft® Hyper-V™ - High Availability Solutions Guide

"High Availability HA solutions are not new to Windows® environments. This Solutions Guide assumes that you have a basic understanding of Hyper-V as well as the networking and storage concepts of Hyper-V. Microsoft® has offered native support for HA through its Cluster Services in Windows 2000...

Tags: Dell Computer Corp., High Availability, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Server Hyper-V, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Servers, Software, Hardware

White papers 2008-09-24

VMworld - Dr. Stephen Herrod's keynote

20080917 VMworld Dr Stephen Herrod Keynote I'm not sure why conference directors think that people enjoy walking into a darkened room, facing disorienting flashing lights coming from the front of the room, watching company ads and customer profiles on overhead videos combined with extremely loud, unpleasant, pulsing...

Tags: Data Center, Dr., VMware Inc., vCompute, VMSafe, Data Centers, Storage, Mainframes, Hardware, Data Management, Servers, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2008-09-17

SteelEye Technology Announces DR for Hyper-V

As Microsoft's Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V makes its way into the market, quite a number of virtualization technology suppliers have announced support. Recently SteelEye, a company with deep expertise in high availability/clustering solutions, joined the party by announcing SteelEye DataKeeper support for the Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V ...

Tags: SteelEye Technology, Microsoft Windows Server, Disaster Recovery, Virtual Machine, DataKeeper Cluster Edition, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Servers, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2008-09-15

High Availability With Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V Powered by Intel Xeon Processors

Designing highly available solutions is now a standard in many organizations, as they must ensure that their information systems remain operational in any event. Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V provides an extensive set of features ideal for providing high availability to virtual servers. In conjunction with failover clustering, and tools such...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Server, Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V, High Availability, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Intel Xeon, Intel Corp., Servers, Processors, Hardware, Semiconductors, Components

White papers 2008-09-01