Introduction to Storage Manager for SANsStorage Manager for SANs is a Microsoft Management Console (MMC) snap-in that helps you create and manage logical unit numbers (LUNs) on Fibre Channel and Internet SCSI (iSCSI) disk drive subsystems that support Virtual Disk Service (VDS) in your storage area network (SAN). Before you deploy Storage Manager for SANs on a production server, we recommend that you use this guide to first familiarize...

A failover cluster is a group of independent computers that work together to increase the availability of applications and services. The clustered servers (called nodes) are connected by physical cables and by software. If one of the cluster nodes fails, another node begins to provide service (a process known as failover). Users experience a minimum of disruptions in service. This guide describes the steps for installing and configuring a file...

A failover cluster is a group of independent computers that work together to increase the availability of applications and services. The clustered servers (called nodes) are connected by physical cables and by software. If one of the cluster nodes fails, another node begins to provide service (a process known as failover). Users experience a minimum of disruptions in service. This guide describes the steps for installing and configuring a print...

What is Services for NFS? Services for Network File System (NFS) provides a file-sharing solution for enterprises that have a mixed Windows and UNIX environment. Services for NFS enables users to transfer files between computers running the Windows Server® 2008 operating system and UNIX-based computers using the NFS protocol. What’s new in Services for NFS Services for NFS includes the following improvements: • Active Directory Lookup....

With Terminal Services, organizations can provide access to Windows®-based programs from almost any location to almost any computing device. Terminal Services in Windows Server® 2008 includes Terminal Services RemoteApp (TS RemoteApp). You can use several different methods to deploy RemoteApp programs, such as Terminal Services Web Access (TS Web Access). With TS Web Access, you can provide access to RemoteApp programs through a Web page over...

  Step-by-Step Guide for Configuring Network Load Balancing with Terminal Services in Windows Server 2008This step-by-step guide provides instructions for configuring Network Load Balancing (NLB) with Terminal Services. Using NLB with Terminal Services offers the benefits of increased availability, scalability, and load-balancing performance, as well as the ability to distribute a large number of Terminal Services clients over a group of...