Storage Spaces Direct

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

Post Show Recap: Microsoft Ignite 2018

What a great week for Team DataON and IT Heroes in Orlando for Microsoft Ignite 2018! This year’s event was exceptional. The convention center was more crowded. And there was an electricity in the air about the new enhancements and features coming in Windows Server 2019! Watch the Microsoft Ignite presentation Can your hyper-converged platform … Post Show Recap: Microsoft Ignite 2018

IT Hero Blog: Getting Started with Storage Spaces Direct

Jeff Chase, Senior Enterprise Architect, Bradley For those of you who are interested in moving off traditional compute/SAN converged infrastructure you are at the right place. Storage Spaces Direct provides an extremely high-performance hyper-converged infrastructure (HCI) that can be tuned and used in a myriad of different ways. Over the course of the last 20 … IT Hero Blog: Getting Started with Storage Spaces Direct

Post-Show Recap: Experts Live Netherlands

XCES and DataON was a gold sponsor at Experts Live Netherlands in June. Experts Live is the biggest Microsoft community event in BeNeLux, with over 1000 attendees. It held its inaugural event in 2009, and now hosts 7 international events, reaching over 5000 people. This event featured two keynotes and more than forty breakout sessions … Post-Show Recap: Experts Live Netherlands

TL;DW Webinar Report: Elevate Your Window Server Experience with Windows Admin Center, DataON MUST, and Mellanox

Did you miss our quarterly webinar last week? Don’t worry, we’ve got the “too long; didn’t watch” (TL;DW), along with some helpful timestamps for all you busy SysAdmins out there. Daniel Lee of Microsoft kicked it off, talking about the new Windows Admin Center and DataON MUST Extension for WAC (13:15). DataON was the first … TL;DW Webinar Report: Elevate Your Window Server Experience with Windows Admin Center, DataON MUST, and Mellanox

Better Together: Enhancing the Windows Admin Center Experience with DataON MUST

Infrastructure Visibility, Monitoring, and Management for Windows Server 2016 Mac and cheese. Peanut butter and jelly. Batman and Robin. These are just a few things that are just better together. Now we have one more pair to add to the list: Windows Admin Center and DataON MUST. DataON MUST is our Management Utility Software Tool, … Better Together: Enhancing the Windows Admin Center Experience with DataON MUST

DataON Kepler 2-Node (K2N) Hyper-Converged Appliances for SMB, ROBO and Edge

A few weeks ago, DataON launched the Kepler 2-Node (K2N) family of hyper-converged appliances for Windows Server 2016 Storage Spaces Direct and Hyper-V, designed for small businesses, remote office/branch office (ROBO), and Edge computing environments. The K2N Series was born out of a Kepler-47 concept unveiled at Microsoft Ignite as a lowest-cost, high performing, resource-efficient, … DataON Kepler 2-Node (K2N) Hyper-Converged Appliances for SMB, ROBO and Edge