StarWind: “Best Practices for Storage Virtualization and Backup”

Hola.

Los amigos de StarWind, realizarán el próximo martes día 24, un Webcast con el título “Best Practices for Storage Virtualization and Backup”, durante la sesión Denny Cherry Microsoft MVP en SQL, explicará la solución de StarWind, su capacidad de replicación y CDP.

 

Por cierto, la gente de StarWind tiene ciertos concursos interesantes, os dejo el link:

http://www.starwindsoftware.com/contests

Y acaban de publicar una versión gratuita ¡que hace todo esto!

Host operating systems: any modern Microsoft Windows OS is supported.

Works with all the leading Hypervisor vendors: VMware, Microsoft, VMware.

Data De-duplication (fully supported, variable block size). Data Deduplication is a specialized mechanism of data-reduction, reducing storage capacity requirements by eliminating duplicated data within and between files.

Unlimited storage capacity & Unlimited number of supported concurrent iSCSI connections.

Full Production use is allowed.

Support. Free version is covered with a basic support plan (an open public community forum). Support upgrades are available for paid per-incident plans or switching to any commercial version with extended functionality where an annual support plan is included.

Caching. StarWind has a multi-level cache mechanism implemented. The cache can use gigabytes of RAM and converts it into to extremely fast level 1 write-back or write-through cache, providing superior storage performance over many conventional SANs.

CDP (Continuous Data Protection) and Snapshots that are completely compatible with VSS (Volume Snapshot Services).

VTL (Virtual Tape Library) and WAN replication are offered as paid upgrade options.

iSCSI boot is fully supported with iSCSI boot capable NIC.”

Me encanta.

Saludos.

Curso de virtualización en Pamplona.

Hola.

Una vez más, nuestros amigos de Cein, organizan nuestro curso de Virtualización, esta vez será el 27,28 y 29 de Junio.

Ya sabéis Cein está en Noáin (Navarra) pegadito a Pamplona :).

http://bit.ly/Virtualizacion2

Saludos.

Licenciamiento VDI en pocas palabras.

Hola.

Mi intención con este post es la de ser lo más escueto posible :)

¿Cómo se licencia un entorno VDI?

Tengo un Windows cliente con Software Assurance (en adelante S.A.) : Ya tienes derechos de VDI

Tengo un Windows OEM:

Deseo cubrirlo con S.A.:

• Menos de 90 días = WinPro SNGL SA OLP NL
• Más de 90 días = Actualización de S.O. con S.A. incluido WinPro SNGLUpgrdSAPk OLP NL

No me interesa el S.A.= Tienes que adquirir VDA VDA SubsVL OLV D 1Year AP PerDvc

Tengo cualquier otro tipo de dispositivo (Linux, Thin Client, Ipad, Mac…) = VDA VDA SubsVL OLV D 1Year AP PerDvc

Saludos.

Formación Hyper-V para profesionales Vmware.

Hola.

Mi amigo Mikel, me ha pasado una información muy interesante, referida a los webcast que se llevaron a cabo sobre Hyper-v, pensados para profesionales que cuentan con experiencia en entornos Vmware, os dejo toda la información:

“Where do I go for this great training?

The HD-quality video recordings of this course are on TechNet Edge. If you’re interested in one specific topic, I’ve included links to each module as well.

· Entire course on TechNet Edge: “Microsoft Virtualization for VMware Professionals” Jump Start

· Links directly to specific modules

o Virtualization Jump Start (01): Virtualization Overview

o Virtualization Jump Start (02): Differentiating Microsoft & VMware

o Virtualization Jump Start (03a): Hyper-V Deployment Options & Architecture | Part 1

o Virtualization Jump Start (03b): Hyper-V Deployment Options & Architecture | Part 2

o Virtualization Jump Start (04): High-Availability & Clustering

o Virtualization Jump Start (05): System Center Suite Overview with focus on DPM

o Virtualization Jump Start (06): Automation with Opalis, Service Manager & PowerShell

o Virtualization Jump Start (07): System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012

o Virtualization Jump Start (08): Private Cloud Solutions, Architecture & VMM Self-Service Portal 2.0

o Virtualization Jump Start (09): Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) Architecture | Part 1

o Virtualization Jump Start (10): Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) Architecture | Part 2

o Virtualization Jump Start (11): v-Alliance Solution Overview

o Virtualization Jump Start (12): Application Delivery for VDI

· Links to course materials on Born to Learn”

Saludos y buen fin de semana.

Iscsi Target 3.3

Hola.

El equipo de producto de Windows Storage Server, acaba de publicar una muy interesante entrada sobre la descarga del iscsi target 3.3.

Más info:

http://blogs.technet.com/b/storageserver/archive/2011/04/27/iscsi-software-target-3-3-is-now-a-free-download.aspx

Cabe destacar:

“The iSCSI Software Target 3.3 for Windows Server 2008 R2 supports these key features:

Flexible Storage

• Up to 16TB LUNs can be created using the VHD (Virtual Hard Disks) format. These VHDs live on top of NTFS and NTFS supports up to 16TB files.
• Manually extend LUNs if you need more space
• Use VSS to create application consistent snapshots and access those snapshots locally or remotely
• Use an iSCSI HBA or a software bootloader to boot diskless servers off of remote iSCSI Targets. Checkout the iSCSI Boot Step-by-Step Guide for instructions.

Technology Support

• 2008 R2 Failover Clusters
• IPv6
• Differencing VHDs that are especially useful if you want to boot hundreds of diskless HPC Server nodes in a few minutes.
• CHAP Authentication
• Virtual Disk Service (VDS)
• MPIO
• Internet Storage Name Service (iSNS) Integration
• Dynamic Disks are supported from the Initiator

Language Support

Note that the setup experience is only in English, but once you get through setup, the iSCSI Target contains localized version for 10 language packs:

• Brazilian Portuguese
• Chinese – simplified
• Chinese – traditional
• English
• French
• German
• Italian
• Japanese
• Korean
• Russian
• Spanish”