Stretched clusters is a feature that provides native disaster recovery and business continuity to clusters in Azure Stack HCI. It allows you to stretch Azure Stack HCI clusters between multiple sites using Storage Replica replication and automatic VM failover, keeping all nodes in sync. We perform tests to see if any issues arise when creating … Testing Stretched Clusters
On January 14, 2020, Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2 reached the end-of-life support lifecycle and will no longer receive security updates. This can cause security or compliance issues and put business applications at risk. Although many have migrated to newer platforms, this can be problematic for some organizations that continue to use … Extend Windows Server 2008 and Windows Sever 2008 R2 Extended Security Updates (ESU) with Azure Stack HCI
System administrators go through great lengths to build a successful backup and disaster recovery (DR) strategy. Many are excited about the stretch cluster feature in the new Azure Stack HCI operating system, which enables them to stretch a cluster across a hyper-converged infrastructure and increase resiliency. Delivered as a service, Azure Stack HCI is a … Five Cool Things about Stretched Clusters in Azure Stack HCI
Storage magazine & SearchStorage has named the DataON K2N-224 switchless solution for Azure Stack HCI a finalist for its 2020 Products of the Year awards! “Microsoft has a compelling offering with its Azure Stack HCI. DataON builds on Azure Stack HCI to deliver comprehensive offerings that span from the edge to the data center to the cloud. … DataON K2N-224 for Azure Stack HCI selected a finalist in SeachStorage’s 2020 Enterprise Data Storage Products of the Year
Last Thursday Microsoft announced the general availability of Azure Stack HCI, the new subscription service for hyper-converged infrastructure from Microsoft Azure. It’s the next step in the evolution of software-defined infrastructure from Microsoft, bringing together the familiarity and flexibility of on-premises virtualization with powerful new hybrid capabilities. It’s come a long way from the early … Howard on HCI: DataON & Microsoft are Starting a New Era with Azure Stack HCI!
COVID-19 has changed the way we interact and do business. With social distancing in place, more and more employees are working remotely, and this has got organizations asking, should we be rethinking our IT strategy and consider implementing a virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI)? Maybe you’re thinking it, too. VDI has a lot of benefits, but … Five Things to Know: How Azure Stack HCI with Remote Desktop Services Makes VDI Better
In addition to all the exciting news around the new Microsoft Azure Stack HCI, DataON is bringing a new level of hybrid cloud monitoring, management, and maintenance to the DataON MUST extension for Windows Admin Center. DataON MUST extends the capabilities of Windows Admin Center, a locally deployed browser-based apply for managing hyper-converged infrastructure (HCI), … New inventory page for DataON MUST for Windows Admin Center on Azure Stack HCI validated nodes
The time has come to refresh your infrastructure. You want to eliminate your legacy storage, consolidate your infrastructure, and deploy a software-defined hybrid cloud solution. It must be simple, highly scalable, and highly resilient. It must support the latest technology, provide cost-conscious options for the edge, and deliver the performance that demanding SQL Server workloads, … Five Things Blog: 25 Cool Things You Can Do with Azure Stack HCI
You’ve done the research and chosen Azure Stack HCI for your hyper-converged infrastructure. Depending on your workloads, you have a short list of storage possibilities like all-NVMe 3D NAND solid state drives (SSDs) or hybrid storage consisting of 3D NAND SSD cache and hard disk drive (HDD) capacity tiers. But there is another type of … Five Things about Intel® Optane ® SSDs and Why They’re Awesome for Azure Stack HCI