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- Building Distributed File System clustering in Windows 2000
- An under-the-hood look at how both Microsoft clustering technologies workUsing the term “fault tolerance” to describe the Windows 2000 Cluster Service is a bit of a misnomer; it's more accurate to describe the Cluster Service's activities as “high availability.” And that high availability does not extend to the data stored...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Active Directory, RAID, clustering, Carol Bailey MCSE+I, Microsoft Distributed File System, Dfs Root, Cluster Service, Microsoft Windows 2000, Windows 2000 Cluster Service, Distributed File System, Windows 2000 Cluster, disk, fault-tolerance, Microso
- Technical articles 2002-10-10
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- Distributed File System
- Microsoft Distributed File System does for servers and shares what file systems do for hard disks. File systems provide uniform named access to collections of sectors on disks; Dfs provides a uniform naming convention and mapping for collections of servers, shares, and files. Thus, Dfs makes it possible to organize...
- Tags: File System, Server, Microsoft Corp.
- White papers
- Step-by-Step Guide to Distributed File System (Dfs)
- Since shared files are widely distributed across networks, administrators face growing problems as they try to keep users connected to the data they need. The distributed file system Dfs provides a mechanism for administrators to create logical views of directories and files, regardless of where those files physically reside in...
- Tags: Administrator, Network, Network Storage, Distributed File System, Networking
- White papers 2000-03-07
- Don't Give Up on Distributed File Systems
- Wide-area distributed applications often reinvent the wheel for their storage needs, each incorporating its own special-purpose storage manager to cope with distribution, intermittent failures, limited bandwidth, and high latencies. This paper argues that a distributed file system could provide a reusable solution to these problems by coupling a standard interface...
- Tags: File System, New York University, Storage, Hardware
- White papers 2007-01-26
- NetApp Filers in a Microsoft Windows Environment
- NetApp filers deliver highly reliable file services to Microsoft Windows clients via the Common Internet File System CIFS protocol. This paper describes how filers work seamlessly in the Microsoft Windows environment and enable you to effortlessly manage data by making use of standard Microsoft services and features such as the...
- Tags: Environment, NetApp Filer, Microsoft Corp., NetApp, Microsoft Windows, Storage, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware
- White papers 2004-12-01
- Using Active Directory as Part of a Distributed Directory
- There are many situations that require large distributed directories using LDAP Lightweight Directory Access Protocol and/or X.500, such as Government, Military and Aviation. Organizations building these distributed directories will often be making use of Microsoft Active Directory AD. AD provides a number of key functions in a Microsoft server network,...
- Tags: Directory, Advertisement, Isode, LDAP, Directory Services, Microsoft Windows Active Directory, Enterprise Software, Software
- White papers
- Cryptographic Security for a High-Performance Distributed File System
- Storage systems are increasingly subject to attacks. Cryptographic file systems mitigate the danger of exposing data by using encryption and integrity protection methods and guarantee end-to-end security for their clients. This paper describes a generic design for cryptographic file systems and its realization in a distributed Storage-Area Network SAN file...
- Tags: Security, File System, High-performance
- White papers 2007-04-29
- Netapp Storage Systems in a Microsoft Windows Environment
- NetApp storage systems deliver highly reliable file services to Microsoft Windows clients via the Common Internet File System CIFS protocol. This paper describes how storage systems work seamlessly in the Microsoft Windows environment and enables one to effortlessly manage data by making use of standard Microsoft services and features such...
- Tags: Environment, Microsoft Corp., Storage System, NetApp, Storage, Microsoft Windows, Storage Management, Hardware, Operating Systems, Software
- White papers 2006-11-01
- Performance Analysis of Distributed Data Base Systems
- In this paper we briefly present the design of a distributed relational data base system. Then, we discuss experimental observations of the performance of that system executing both short and long commands. Conclusions are also drawn concerning metrics that distributed query processing heuristics should attempt to minimize. Lastly, we comment...
- Tags: Performance, University Of California, Performance Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management
- White papers
- Distributed Ordering Application Makes Franchise More Efficient
- Budget Blinds is one of the fastest growing franchise-based systems in the United States, with over 800 independently-owned franchises and a 40 percent growth rate. Its primary focus is on providing custom window coverings, including blinds, shutters, shades and draperies. Budget Blinds had a desktop application written in Microsoft Visual...
- Tags: Microsoft Visual Basic, Microsoft Corp., Budget Blinds, Microsoft Development Tools, Programming Languages, Construction, Enterprise Software, Databases, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Software, Data Management
- Case studies
- Building Distributed Services on the Windows Communication Foundation
- This webcast is intended for anyone who builds distributed systems on the Microsoft platform by using Remote Procedure Call RPC, DCOM, COM+, Message Queuing also known as MSMQ, .NET Framework remoting, ASP.NET Web services ASMX, or Web Services Enhancements WSE. Windows Communication Foundation (formerly code named "Indigo") is the strategic...
- Tags: Windows Communication Foundation, Microsoft Corp., Distributed System
- Webcasts
- Terminal Server farm & data storage?
- I'm trying to create Terminal Server Farm with Windows 2003R2 Enterprise Edition for load balancing. The problem is with the data, though I've placed it on a sahred storage box (HP's MSA 500G2) thru SCSI connect ot the servers. Users thru one terminal server are not able to see the...
- Tags: data storage, Distributed File System, hardware, jagan.krish@..., Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Terminal Server, server farm, storage, Terminal Server Farm, Windows 2003 R2
- Q&A 2006-08-06
- Trading Room Powers Real-Time Calculations With Distributed Architecture Solution
- The Commodities Trading Room, a part of Societe Generale Corporate & Investment Banking, operates five offices that are responsible for trading derivative financial products on the commodities market. Unable to process real-time risk and profit analysis calculations, the Commodities Trading Room could not adequately accommodate a fast-paced business environment. As...
- Tags: Risk, Microsoft Corp., Analysis, Microsoft Development Tools, .Net, Strategy, Programming Languages, Financial Accounting, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Management, Finance
- Case studies
- TechNet Webcast: End-to-End Service Monitoring With System Center Operations Manager 2007 (Level 200)
- This webcast discusses some common challenges that customers have in monitoring distributed applications, and explains how Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007 addresses those issues. The focus here is not about how to develop a Service-Oriented Architecture SOA or how to design distributed applications, but rather how to monitor them....
- Tags: Webcast, Monitoring, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft TechNet, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software
- Webcasts
- Proportional Service Allocation in Distributed Storage Systems
- Fully distributed storage systems have gained popularity in the past few years because of their ability to use cheap commodity hardware and their high scalability. While there are a number of algorithms for providing differentiated quality of service to clients of a centralized storage system, the problem has not been...
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Allocation, Storage System, Storage, Storage Management, Hardware
- White papers 2006-12-13
- Microsoft IT Enhances Operations With Windows Server 2003 R2 Upgrade
- Microsoft Corporation, one of the world's largest software development companies, needed to enhance file server replication, optimize WAN bandwidth use, and provide a single sign-on experience for its employees. Microsoft's IT group Microsoft IT deployed Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 to take advantage of several new features, including: File Server...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Server, Information Technology, Microsoft Corp., File Server, Microsoft IT, Windows Server 2003 R2 Deployment, File Servers, Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Storage Management, WANs, Microsoft Windows, Servers, Networking, Enterprise Software, Software, Operating Systems, Storage, Hardware
- Case studies 2006-11-09
- A System for Specifying and Coordinating the Execution of Reliable Distributed Applications
- An increasing number of distributed applications are being constructed by composing them out of existing applications. The resulting applications can be very complex in structure, containing many temporal and dataflow dependencies between their constituent applications. This paper describes the design and implementation of a coordination language and the supporting execution...
- Tags: Application, Corba, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Software
- White papers
- QoS Issues With the L-Store Distributed File System
- As the flood of data associated with leading edge instruments, sensors, and simulations continues to escalate, the challenge of supporting the distributed collaborations that depend on these huge flows becomes increasingly daunting. The chief obstacles to progress on this front lie less in the synchronous elements of the process, which...
- Tags: QoS, File System, Vanderbilt University, L-Store, Storage, Hardware
- White papers 2006-10-19
- DIBS: Distributed Backup for Local Area Networks
- DIBS Distributed Intranet Backup System is a distributed file backup system for computers in local area networks that lack dedicated or secondary data storage. DIBS exploits the unused disk space among a set of connected machines and the high speed of local area networks to provide a transparent peer-to-peer backup...
- Tags: Network, DIBS, Backups, LANs, Networking
- White papers 2007-01-01
- Advantages of Microsoft Merge Replication for Mobile and Distributed Applications
- Microsoft SQL Server 2005 provides three types of replication, each with different capabilities: merge replication, transactional replication, and snapshot replication. This paper principally discusses merge replication, a synchronization technology that lets database applications work while disconnected from the network. This paper summarizes the advantages of using Microsoft SQL Server merge...
- Tags: Mobile, Microsoft Corp., Replication
- White papers 2006-02-01
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