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USB over Network - Update

Published 6 August 8 6:28 AM | Charlie Russel

A few days ago, I wrote about FabulaTech's USB over Network solution . I'd just installed it and started using it, and I was moderately impressed. It solves a very real problem for those of us looking to do more virtualization of our environmets...

Filed under: Hardware, General x64, Virtualization, Hyper-V

USB in Hyper-V Child?

Published 16 July 8 5:24 PM | Charlie Russel

It's still early days yet, but I think I've found a simple and very satisfactory solution to the problem of no USB support in Hyper-V. FabulaTech's USB Over Network product is simple to install - you install the Server side of it on whatever...

Filed under: Hardware, Software, General x64, SBS, Virtualization, Server 2008, Hyper-V

Windows Server 2008 RemoteApps is COOL

Published 16 January 8 5:24 PM | Charlie Russel

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...

Filed under: HowTo, General x64, Server, Longhorn, ML350, Virtualization, Server 2008, Hyper-V

EqualLogic SAN (Part 2)

Published 14 October 7 10:9 AM | Charlie Russel

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...

Filed under: Hardware, General x64, Server, Longhorn, Virtualization

EqualLogic SAN (Part 1)

Published 8 October 7 1:21 AM | Charlie Russel

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...

Filed under: Hardware, General x64, Server, Longhorn, Virtualization

WSv (Viridian) Now Available!

Published 25 September 7 10:40 PM | Charlie Russel

The Preview Release ("pre-beta" quality) of Windows Server Virtualization (WSv) is now available as part of Windows Server 2008 RC0. See John Howard's Blog for details on installing the Virtualization Role in RC0 (US English ONLY at this...

Filed under: Hardware, General x64, ML350, Virtualization, ProLiant

Acronis True Image Enterprise

Published 2 July 7 6:16 AM | Charlie Russel

As some of you know, I've been fighting to live with Windows Server 2003 SP2 and Virtual Server - without much success, I might add. I strongly suspect it's related to networking, but whatever the cause, it's been a disaster here. After losing...

Filed under: Software, General x64, Server, PowerShell, ML350, Virtualization, SP2

HP ProLiant ML350 G5 Server Experiences (part 3)

Published 23 June 7 10:3 PM | Charlie Russel

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...

Filed under: Hardware, General x64, Server, Centro, Longhorn, ML350, Virtualization