Microsoft Adds Data Deduplication to NTFS in Windows 8

January 11, 2012 By Leave a Comment

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?

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Cisco Launching Full Assault On Data Center Server Market

June 4, 2009 By 2 Comments
Cisco's new C-Series of rackmount servers

In case you were wondering, Cisco isn’t playing games with the Unified Computing System. Their aim is to take on IBM, HP, and Dell and become a major player in the data center server market.

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Cisco C-Series: UCS Without The Blades

June 3, 2009 By Leave a Comment

Cisco today announced a new Unified Computing System (UCS) server form factor: The C-Series rack-mount server. The C-Series features the same features found in the existing B-Series UCS blades but starts much smaller and cheaper. Cisco hopes to extend the UCS vision into small businesses, remote offices, and other locations where a blade server chassis would not make sense.

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