Windows Server

IT Hero: Moving on From Something Familiar, Making the Change to Windows Server 2016

Matt Roper, Facilitator of Technology Support Services, Office of Technology & Information Services, Cherokee County (GA) School District Matt Roper is the Facilitator of Technology Support Services in the Office of Technology & Information Services for the Cherokee County School District, one of the largest K-12 public school systems in Georgia. Matt has over 12 … IT Hero: Moving on From Something Familiar, Making the Change to Windows Server 2016

Getting Started with 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

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.

DataON Helps Windows Server Make Hyper-Converged Infrastructure a Boring Commodity

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

Customer Story: Youth Villages Chooses a WSSD-Compliant Solution for Cheaper, Faster Storage

Youth Villages is a nonprofit organization that helps emotionally troubled children and their families live successfully. They chose a Windows Server 2016 solution with DataON servers that is compliant with the WSSD program to replace an overextended, expensive storage area network. With a solution that takes full advantage of Storage Spaces Direct, Youth Villages slashed … Customer Story: Youth Villages Chooses a WSSD-Compliant Solution for Cheaper, Faster Storage

Customer Story: Infront Upgrades to a Windows SDS Environment with a Good Monitoring System

Infront is a financial services company that provides real-time market data, trading, news and analytics to over 10,000 traders, analysts and financial providers across the world. Their storage infrastructure was aging rapidly, with a 10Gb iSCSI SAN that was over 6 years old. They had surpassed the maximum IOPS throughput on the current configuration, which … Customer Story: Infront Upgrades to a Windows SDS Environment with a Good Monitoring System