One of the main sticking points with learning Hyper-V is getting your head around the Clustered Shared Volumes technique to provide .VHD files on a SAN to multiple Hyper-V hosts. The CSV technique is ...

We have a problem with our Hyper-v Failover Cluster.Failover Cluster gives me MSDTC error. I am receiving the following these errors. Cluster resource 'DTC' in ...

I have a bit strange situation, detailed bellow. Setup is two node failover cluster with Server 2012R2 installed on both nodes and SQL server 2012sp1 is running as clustered service. Everything is ...

Here's how to use the Failover Cluster Manager to make virtual machines fault tolerant or to create new virtual machines. One of the biggest disadvantages to running Hyper-V on standalone ...

A new service that leverages Microsoft’s Azure cloud for large-scale extended storage could enable more, and perhaps smaller, businesses to host their own applications in a hybrid cloud configuration.

What do you use for Hyper-V administration? I bet it's a combination of a GUI (Hyper-V Manager, Failover Cluster Manager, perhaps System Center Virtual Machine Manager (VMM)) and command line ...

Hitachi Data Systems on Wednesday introduced software that adds failover clustering to its enterprise-oriented Universal Storage Platform V controller. Universal Storage Platform V (USP V) provides ...

While the cloud continues to grow in popularity for many, if not most, enterprise applications, IT departments remain reluctant to trust public clouds, including the Google Cloud Platform, for ...

I’m a huge fan of server virtualization for mixed purpose hosting. It’s not a perfect fit for every situation but it’s very versatile. The portability of guest operating systems adds some level of ...

A step-by-step guide to using SAN-less failover clustering software to support SQL Server’s Always On Failover Clustering in the public cloud The thing about clouds is that they can change shape even ...