RDMA networking has enabled high-performance computing for years, but Windows Server 2012 R2 with SMB Direct is bringing it to the mainstream. File-based storage has grown tremendously over the last ...

Russell Smith is a technology consultant and trainer specializing in management and security of Microsoft server and client technologies. He is a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer with more than 15 ...

Windows Server 2012 is here, and like many of you who have downloaded it and tested it, I have been messing around with the new operating system for a while now. I've been exploring new features and ...

I am trying to find a decent way to help my Mac-using colleagues have a seamless, Windows-like experience connecting to our Windows Server 2012 file server(s). As background: the WS2012 file shares ...

Chelsio's Ethernet adapters are the only ones capable of true 40Gb line rate operation at 8KB I/O with Windows 2012 SMB-Direct. Chelsio demonstrated 40Gb operation of the Windows Server 2012 SMB ...

'Scopes' and 'classes' of IP addresses can help to logically organize address ranges by users and devices within Windows DHCP Server. Whether in an existing network or a new one, there is an aspect of ...

Customers that haven't upgraded to Windows Server 2012 are either living in denial or under a rock. Those that don't migrate off Server 2003 face a range of consequences from security issues, no ...

SMB over QUIC in Windows Server: What you need to know Your email has been sent Change is afoot: The internet is moving away from the venerable TCP protocol that’s been its foundation since the very ...

File-based storage has grown tremendously over the last several years, far outpacing block storage, even as both grow at double-digit rates. Cloud datacenters are deploying file-based protocols at an ...