x(perts)64 : Longhorn

Windows Server 2008 RemoteApps is COOL

Charlie Russel — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 01:24:00 GMT

Originally known as "TS Rail", the RemoteApps feature of Windows Server 2008 makes Terminal Servers an absolute essential on everyone's network. There is no way I won't have a TS running full time from here on out, and RemoteApps is...(read more)

Hyper-V on HP ProLiant ML 350

Charlie Russel — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 17:39:00 GMT

I've been running Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V virtualization for a while now. It has become my main virtualization environment. I've got 6 main VMs running on the HP ML350 G5 ProLiant server and another dozen or so that I bring up or down as needed...(read more)

MVP Insider this month

Charlie Russel — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 17:34:08 GMT

http://blogs.technet.com/canitpro/archive/2007/11/01/mvp-profile-charlie-russel.aspx Too bad I don't think SteveB actually reads these things, so I don't think I'm likely to get an answer to my question for him. ;)...(read more)

EqualLogic SAN (Part 2)

Charlie Russel — Sun, 14 Oct 2007 09:09:00 GMT

So, in Part 1 I talked about the whole process of borrowing and setting up my EqualLogic PS3800XV SAN. Now that I've got it powered up, I needed to add IP addresses for it, and connect to it. Setting IP addresses is straightforward - you can let DHCP...(read more)

EqualLogic SAN (Part 1)

Charlie Russel — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 00:21:37 GMT

In order to write about Storage Area Networks (SANs), you really need to have access to a SAN. Now if I had an unlimited budget, I'd happily have set up a SAN here in my office, if only for the simplicity and the ability to centralize storage across...(read more)

HyperSnap

Charlie Russel — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 22:45:04 GMT

OK, we all have favourite little utilities that we would have trouble living without. As a computer writer, screen shots are my life, and I've been using HyperSnap for at least 12 years now. My original license cost $25, and at some point I paid for...(read more)

HP ProLiant ML350 G5 Server Experiences (part 3)

Charlie Russel — Sat, 23 Jun 2007 21:03:00 GMT

OK, I've been living with this HP server for about 3 months now. I'm still loving it - it's stable, quiet, and powerful. But I've finally decided I should have bumped up the processors a bit. I've got a pair of 5130 Xeon processors...(read more)

Bye-bye, 32-bit. 64-bit is here to stay (Server only?)

Charlie Russel — Thu, 17 May 2007 19:29:00 GMT

As reported here , Windows Server 2008 is the last 32-bit version of Windows. The next version, whenever that arrives, will be 64-bit only. So for all you lazy applications and hardware developers who can't be bothered to write 64-bit software or...(read more)

More bad news on MS Virtualization

Charlie Russel — Thu, 10 May 2007 23:34:00 GMT

More details from Mike Neil at: Windows Server Blog about the features that won't be in Viridian. These include no hot add of resources (storage, networking, memory, and processor), no live migration, and a limit of 16 logical processors (cores)....(read more)

Virtualization Delays from Microsoft

Charlie Russel — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 00:27:00 GMT

Mike Neil, the General Manager for Virtualization at Microsoft has posted an updated schedule for the release of the Viridian beta and the final release of Virtual Server R2 SP1. Both are delayed into the second half of this year. I have to say, I'm unhappy...(read more)

HP ProLiant ML350 G5 Server Experiences (part 2)

Charlie Russel — Sat, 24 Mar 2007 15:24:00 GMT

Well, I spent most of yesterday working with the new server. I know, I know, I should have been doing some actual work. But all this really is necessary to get my environments up and functional. The first step was to add a couple of instances of LH Server...(read more)

HP ProLiant ML350 G5 Server Experiences

Charlie Russel — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 23:28:00 GMT

I finally have all the pieces for my new HP ProLiant server - an HP ML350 G5 loaded with all the goodies. First the specs: 2 - Intel Xeon 5130 dual core processors 4 - 2x2 GB fbDIMM modules (16 GB total) 8 - 72 GB, 15k, 2.5" SAS drives (configured...(read more)