Category Archives: Microsoft Technologies

ESXi 5.1: Using Raw Device Mappings (RDM) on an HP Microserver

Posted on October 11, 2012 by tino

Having some spare time on my hands I decided to investigate the performance differences between presenting local storage as a Raw Device Mapping (RDM) and as a VMFS formatted datastore on my testbed server at home.  The server and disk … Continue reading →

Posted in Storage And Backup, Virtualisation, VMWare, Windows Home Server | 14 Comments

Why the Windows 8 Metro UI needs an “off” option….

Posted on September 20, 2012 by tino

Call me a cynic but I can’t see what profit the Metro interface provides on a bog standard desktop or laptop PC.  For business users all it will do is increase IT support calls no end  and provide little to … Continue reading →

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New Branch Office Case Study

Posted on January 24, 2012 by tino

The Project Scope An existing business based in Derbyshire wanted to open a new branch office on the Wirral to support the growth of its operations.  Posted at the new office would be up to 30 on site staff.  The … Continue reading →

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Quite Possibly The Perfect SOHO Backup Solution

Posted on November 16, 2011 by tino

“I like the peace of mind that comes from knowing that should the worst happen and we have a ‘data disaster’ that all of our data is backed up securely and available to us from any Internet connected device” What … Continue reading →

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Microsoft CALs – Why still so confusing?

Posted on September 29, 2011 by tino

Call me an dunce or whatever you like, but in my opinion Microsoft Client Access Licenses (CALs) are still far too complicated to understand in mixed SBS and Windows Server environments. SBS CALs are NOT Windows CALs and vice versa. … Continue reading →

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HP Refreshes Microserver Series

Posted on August 31, 2011 by tino

HP may not know what they are doing when it comes to PC and Tablet hardware strategy but it really does know what it is doing in the server market. The popular HP Microserver series is being refreshed and launched … Continue reading →

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Windows 8 Revealed

Posted on June 3, 2011 by tino

Microsoft has revealed the first version of Windows 8 UI in the form of a Youtube video. Continue reading →

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ESXi on an HP Microserver Part 1: Windows Home Server

Posted on May 9, 2011 by tino

After upgrading the amount of RAM in the HP Microserver to 8GB (the maximum) allowable, I decided to install ESXi on it so that I could run several virtual machines efficiently upon it.  For now I want 2 virtual machines … Continue reading →

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Windows Home Server – Great Features, Low Costs

Posted on April 12, 2011 by tino

In my dealings with small businesses I find that the majority pay little attention to the issue of backup/restore until they lose files/folders or worse still have a hard disk failure in one or more of their machines.  At that … Continue reading →

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