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Chapter 1: Leveraging SANs in Windows Servers
An iSCSI storage area network (SAN) offers several advantages over direct-attached storage (DAS) in a Windows server environment. In this chapter, get the information every Windows manager needs to gain the most out of an iSCSI storage platform. Read this eBook to learn more about:

Leveraging iSCSI SANS in Windows Servers

SAN Resiliency and Disaster Recovery

Understanding the iSCSI Initiator

Now, with the release of Windows Server 2008, administrators can use DFSR for SYSVOL replication - putting an end to FRS once and for all. The catch? A tricky migration process when upgrading from Windows Server 2003 to 2008.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Gary Olsen is a systems software engineer for Hewlett-Packard in Global Solutions Engineering. He authored Windows 2000: Active Directory Design and Deployment and co-authored Windows Server 2003 on HP ProLiant Servers. Gary is a Microsoft MVP for Directory Services and formerly for Windows File Systems.



A SearchWinComputing.com ebook
By René J. Chevance and Pete Wilson
June 07, 2007

Chapter 1: Choosing a server
Selecting, installing and implementing the servers in your organization is a critical challenge. Once you've selected a server, careful planning for its installation and management is crucial. Indeed, the future of your organization may depend on it.

This chapter from the e-book, Windows Servers and Storage, contains information to guide administrators and IT managers in the selection and installation of servers, systems and subsystems. The chapter discusses server hardware, server architecture, server form factors and server scalability.

Reading this chapter from SearchWinComputing.com's e-book, Windows Servers and Storage will tell you which factors should enter into the purchasing decision for a server, what creates a successful server installation and how to set up a server room.

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A SearchWinComputing.com ebook
By René J. Chevance and Pete Wilson
June 07, 2007

Chapter 2: Planning your server environment
There are many factors to consider when planning for your organization's server environment: the server vendor, which operating system it will run, how much memory and I/O, and perhaps even which processor.

This chapter from the e-book, Windows Servers and Storage, provides systems administrators and IT managers with practical knowledge they can apply to avoid missteps when selecting the machines that will run their critical business applications.

Also included in this chapter from SearchWinComputing.com's e-book, Windows Servers and Storage, is an overview of server virtualization.

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ABOUT THE AUTHORS
René J. Chevance has written numerous papers and a book on server architectures, Server Architectures – Multiprocessors, Clusters, Parallel Systems, Web Servers, Storage Solutions. He has taught computer science for 20 years at the University of Paris. After 30 years with Groupe Bull, he left the company in 1999 to become an independent consultant in information system architecture and system integration, hardware and software technologies, system performance and high availability systems. He can be reached through his Web site www.chevance.com

Pete Wilson is chief scientist at Kiva Design, a small consulting firm and research company focusing on issues surrounding the move to multicore computer platforms. Prior to Kiva, he spent seven years at Motorola/Freescale.







Not Your Father's DFS
A Windows ezine
By Laura E. Hunter
February 2007

The Distributed File System (DFS) has been around since the days of Windows NT 4.0. Now improvements made to DFS in Windows Server 2003R2 have made it a more attractive storage feature to Windows administrators. New functionality is available in the areas of:
• Target priority
• Client failback
• Bandwidth throttling
• Replication scheduling
• Collecting data for backup
• File and subfolder filters

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Laura E. Hunter (CISSP, MCSE: Security, MCDBA, Microsoft MVP) is employed as an Active Directory architect. She is a two-time recipient of Microsoft's prestigious Most Valuable Professional award in the area of Windows Server-Networking. She is the author of the Active Directory Field Guide, published by Apress.com.

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