Virtual machine storage is a demanding business. Where once one app server equalled one physical server and the demands on storage were known and predictable, with virtual machines, storage I/O has ...

Looking for a quick, easy and inexpensive way to increase your file server capacity or do some server consolidation with existing hardware? A virtual file server using VMWare or Microsoft ...

After reading my article "Backing Up Live Virtual Server VMs," a couple of administrators asked me if it was possible to back up individual files or folders inside a running Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1 ...

The term NAS virtualisation can be used to describe two capabilities of NAS appliances. NAS virtualisation can refer to the ability to virtualise multiple NAS heads into a single virtualised file ...

Over the last couple of weeks, we talked about one of Microsoft’s newest products called Microsoft Data Protection Server. This week, I want to provide you with an update on the next release of their ...

Over the next few weeks, I'm going to be writing about some of my favorite features in the recently released Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 R2 Service Pack 1. This week, I'll start with VHD Mount. VHD ...

Virtual machines beat sandboxes for testing untrusted software, and here's why I switched ...

Germany-based open-source file syncing and sharing software company ownCloud has added a virtual filesystem to its desktop client, which means that users will now need much less local storage space ...

AI thrives on data but feeding it the right data is harder than it seems. As enterprises scale their AI initiatives, they face the challenge of managing diverse data pipelines, ensuring proximity to ...

One of my favorite Hyper-V features is its ability to copy a file directly from a host server to a virtual machine (VM) without having to leverage the network stack. This capability is useful in ...