Microsoft Adds Data Deduplication to NTFS in Windows 8

The next version of Microsoft Windows Server includes integrated data deduplication technology. Microsoft is positioning this as a boon for server virtualization and claims it has very little performance impact. But how exactly does Microsoft’s de-duplication technology work?

vSphere – Extending VMFS Datastore–Live (With Unisphere)

Occasionally, virtualization administrators and/or storage administrators may find it necessary to expand a live VMFS datastore in a vSphere environment. With the use of the new EMC Unisphere client and the vSphere Client, the procedure is extremely easy. Read on for a how-to on extending VMFS datastores in a live environment using the Unisphere client.

Enterprise Computing: Thin Provisioning and The Cookie Monster!

The Gestalt IT Field Day was a great success in bringing together a mixture of delegates from varying discplines. Following the presentations from 3Par and Symantec, there was heated debate about the implementation of Thin Provisioning and the ability to reclaim released storage resources. This post covers the basic concepts of Thin Provisioning and more [...]