Windows Server

New S2D-5000 Servers with Intel Purley Processors, Certified for Windows Server Software-Defined (WSSD)

In 2017, Intel launched their new Xeon Scalable processor family. The new “Purley” platform has been hailed as “the biggest data center advancement in a decade,” offering breakthrough performance to handle compute-hungry tasks including real-time analytics, virtualized infrastructure, and high-performance computing. Since then our customers have been asking, when will DataON offer products with Purley … New S2D-5000 Servers with Intel Purley Processors, Certified for Windows Server Software-Defined (WSSD)

TL;DR Webinar Report: What’s New in Windows Server version 1709, and Intel Select Solutions

As some of you may have heard, there’s been lots of commotion about Storage Spaces Direct being dropped from Windows Server’s latest build, version 1709. When Microsoft announced this, rumors immediately started floating around like, “Storage Spaces Direct will be repackaged and sold as a subscription-based service like Office365.”  Or even, “Storage Spaces Direct is … TL;DR Webinar Report: What’s New in Windows Server version 1709, and Intel Select Solutions

Georgia K-12 School District Gives Microsoft and DataON Straight-A’s On Their Report Card

Cherokee County School District (CCSD) is a high-performing public school system in Georgia, with 41 schools, 42,000 students, and over 4800 employees. They needed a new storage system that could support heavy VM usage, as there are nearly 50,000 students and staff that access the system daily. HR, payroll, central records, and student registration systems … Georgia K-12 School District Gives Microsoft and DataON Straight-A’s On Their Report Card

Post-Show Recap: DataON at Microsoft Ignite 2017

Orlando is known for its theme parks and thrill rides. Last week, Microsoft provided over 25,000 people with a week-long thrill ride at Microsoft Ignite, showcasing tomorrow’s technology. Microsoft Project Honolulu Microsoft’s big story at Microsoft Ignite 2017 was the announcement of Project Honolulu for Windows Server 2016. It’s a locally deployed, browser-based management tool … Post-Show Recap: DataON at Microsoft Ignite 2017

Ignite Your Microsoft Software-Defined Data Center with DataON and Mellanox

DataON TracSystem, certified for Microsoft Windows Server, is a fully integrated and turnkey hyper-converged solution with Windows Server 2016 Storage Spaces Direct Powered by the end-to-end Mellanox RDMA over Converged Ethernet (RoCE) solution, and all-flash NVMe SSDs, DataON TracSystem achieves exceptional performance of 3M IOPS in a four-node configuration. It also delivers simplicity, scalability, automation … Ignite Your Microsoft Software-Defined Data Center with DataON and Mellanox

“Too Much Information” – Manufacturing Company Ditches Sluggish SAN

When we hear the acronym “TMI,” the first thing that comes to mind is probably “too much information.”  Coincidentally, this is a real-world problem that many businesses in this day and age are beginning to face. Such was the case with TMI Manufacturing, headquartered in Dickinson, North Dakota.  Their iSCSI SAN was outdated, slow, and … “Too Much Information” – Manufacturing Company Ditches Sluggish SAN

Deploy a Windows Server 2016 Software-Defined Data Center (SDDC) Solution with Tips from DataON and Strategic Online Solutions, Inc.

Windows Server 2016 includes a very good software-defined storage feature in Storage Spaces Direct but it’s not one of the most commonly mentioned providers of hyper-converged software. Storage Spaces Direct turns standard servers with local storage into enterprise-grade storage infrastructure, promising simplicity, flexibility and low operating costs. Most of the major data center vendors offer … Deploy a Windows Server 2016 Software-Defined Data Center (SDDC) Solution with Tips from DataON and Strategic Online Solutions, Inc.