Back to Basics….Hyper-V…What is it?

To start the journey, one needs a foundation to start.  I assume everyone knows what a hypervisor is, but if you don't check out Wikipedia. VMware has been the leader for a number of years, along with another vendor and open source, like Xen and KVM. Microsoft also has a hand in Virtualization early on in…

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SQL 2012 AlwaysON Feature….What is it? How does it work?

As a Microsoft Solutions Architect, part of my job is to help the teams with solutions around the Microsoft stack.  Today, a colleague of mine reached out to me about the new SQL Server AlwaysOn feature that part of SQL 2012 and how it compared to SQL 2008 clustering....So I started with this topic to bring some…

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Windows 2012 Feature…ODX….What is it?

Here is a little piece of tech that not many people know about....Offloaded data transfers...it brings fast file transfers on your storage devices. This feature will only work on storage devices with SPC4 and SBC3 specification implementation.  Also, this feature is for Windows 8 or Windows 2012 Server or above. Offloaded data transfers (ODX) To advance…

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My First Blog Post

This is my first blog post....Some of you make think this a little odd, but I have been in technology my entire life living it, but not telling my story....Well, that is going to change now going forward. Well, here is a little about me...For more details review my professional profile on LinkedIn, www.linkedin.com/in/rcorradini. But…

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