Azure Stack HCI

Technical Sneak Peek on Intel® Optane™ Persistent Memory with Microsoft Azure Stack HCI

Many IT departments are looking at hyper-converged infrastructure (HCI) to replace their traditional storage area networks (SANs). HCI consolidates software-defined compute, storage, and networking to provide easily scalable virtualization that is high performing and affordable. Microsoft first introduced HCI in Windows Server 2016 with Storage Spaces Direct and Hyper-V. Storage Spaces Direct uses industry-standard servers … Technical Sneak Peek on Intel® Optane™ Persistent Memory with Microsoft Azure Stack HCI

Microsoft Azure Stack HCI Deep Dive

In March of 2019 Microsoft announced Azure Stack HCI; an on-premise implementation of their Azure cloud service. Julia White, corporate vice president of Microsoft Azure, in a blog post put it this way, “We are bringing our existing HCI technology into the Azure Stack family for customers to run virtualized applications on-premises with direct access … Microsoft Azure Stack HCI Deep Dive

Post Show Recap: Cloud & Datacenter Conference Hanau 2019

This May, the Cloud & Data Center Conference in Germany featured two days of presentations on the latest trends and development in data center, virtualization, security, networking and IT infrastructure technologies. DataON and XCES were platinum sponsors for this event and the Hyper-V Community + Hybrid Cloud Community pre-day event. Well-known speakers from this year’s … Post Show Recap: Cloud & Datacenter Conference Hanau 2019

2-Node Solutions for Microsoft Azure Stack HCI: The right enterprise-grade solution for SMB, ROBO and edge deployments

It has been an exciting journey since Microsoft introduced software-defined storage with Storage Spaces in Windows Server 2012. With the introduction of Microsoft Azure Stack HCI this year, our enterprise customers are excited and ready to take that next step in transitioning from a traditional SAN to a hyper-converged infrastructure (HCI). HCI brings together compute, storage, … 2-Node Solutions for Microsoft Azure Stack HCI: The right enterprise-grade solution for SMB, ROBO and edge deployments

IT Hero Blog: Transitioning to a Hyper-converged Infrastructure: The Do’s and the Don’ts

For our IT Hero blog series, we’ve invited our customers to share their real-world experiences from deploying Windows Server software-defined solutions. This month our IT Hero is Matt Lehmann. Matt is an information technology manager for Automotive Product Consultants (APC) Integrated Services Group, a leading marketing services company for the automotive industry. Matt has over … IT Hero Blog: Transitioning to a Hyper-converged Infrastructure: The Do’s and the Don’ts

Faster Time to Value with Second Generation Intel Select Solutions for Windows Server Software-Defined Solutions and SQL Server

One of the challenges that IT administrators face is deciding which hardware and how much hardware to purchase for their data centers. This is especially true for IT administrators that have made the decision to switch to a Microsoft Windows Server-based hyper-converged infrastructure. It’s still relatively new and even with an ever-growing number of deployed … Faster Time to Value with Second Generation Intel Select Solutions for Windows Server Software-Defined Solutions and SQL Server

Howard on HCI: A Faster Path to Hybrid Cloud with Azure Stack HCI

When Microsoft introduced Storage Spaces Direct with Windows Server 2016, I was really excited about Microsoft’s entry into hyper-converged infrastructure. No longer were IT administrators tied to purchasing expensive and proprietary SANs. They could now use industry-standard interconnects, x86 servers, and local drives. Microsoft promised simplicity, high performance, easy scalability, simpler operations, and lower costs … Howard on HCI: A Faster Path to Hybrid Cloud with Azure Stack HCI