Ben Milbourne Happy New Year from the DataON team! Many of us were bummed last year when we heard Microsoft had delayed the Storage Spaces Direct features & improvements from Windows Server v1709. I mean, we get it… they needed more time to test and debug and yada, yada, yada… But alas, the wait is … It’s a New Year, and with it Comes New Features for Storage Spaces Direct!
For our new 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 Shane Yoder from TMI Systems Corporation. Shane is the Information and Administrative Services Manager for TMI Systems Corporation, a world-class manufacturer of casework, architectural woodwork, and countertops. Shane has … Getting Started with Storage Spaces Direct
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
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
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
With over 1,300 staff in 48 locations across Washington State, King County Library System (KCLS) is the busiest library in the United States – circulating 22.4 million items in 2010. But like the old saying goes, “You can’t judge a book by its cover.” While KCLS continues to do an amazing job at inspiring and … Busiest Library in the U.S. Retires Legacy SAN and Capitalizes on Hyper-Convergence
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
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.
Many companies are interested in hyper-converged infrastructure (HCI) because it promises simplicity, flexibility, and low operating costs. Transparency Market Research estimates the global market value for HCI at $31 billion by 2025 and is potentially the biggest growth area for server vendors. HCI is enabled by software, not hardware design, so it’s easy for anyone … DataON Helps Windows Server Make Hyper-Converged Infrastructure a Boring Commodity