Since the release of Windows Server 2008, there has been no way to build a cluster without purchasing dedicated, proprietary storage (such as an array from HP, Dell, EMC or NetApp, to name just a few). There are open source storage platforms like OpenFiler and FreeNAS; there is an iSCSI target in almost...
Exchange 2007 SP1 has been released (and there are dozens of reviews, tips etc). Now, I know Exchange 2007 is a huge, complex product ... but every single SCC cluster I've built has had the same issue updating to SP1. The official Microsoft documentation is pretty clear. You move everything to one...
In Part 1 of this article we wrote a short script to re-enable Access-Based Enumeration on a clustered file share. In part 2, we'll dissect the script and make some improvements to the code so that the status of ABE can be checked. This will allow the Cluster Administrator console to show the true...
Access-Based Enumeration is a rather cool add-on to Windows Server 2003 that allows an administrator to restrict what users can see on a file share. If Access-Based Enumeration is enabled for a share, a user can see only the files and folders to which they have access. This can help reduce support calls...
NFS has been a native part of Windows since the Windows 2003 R2 release, some 18 months ago now. The version of NFS in Windows 2003 R2 is a descendant of the Services For Unix package that has been available for a number of years. I've designed a fairly complex implementation of NFS on a Windows...