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Ivan Ischenko
  • Ivan Ischenko
  • December 5, 2024

NFS vs SMB: A Comprehensive Comparison

Confused about picking the right file-sharing protocol? Dive into our detailed comparison of NFS and SMB to explore their strengths, weaknesses, and use cases.
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Volodymyr Perishko
  • Volodymyr Perishko
  • June 22, 2024

3 Key Factors to Consider When Choosing a Hyper-Converged Vendor

Know what really matters when picking your HCI vendor. Features, support, and flexibility all come into play.
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Volodymyr Perishko
  • Volodymyr Perishko
  • April 4, 2024

Hyper-V Live Migration: Performance Tips & Tricks

Tune your live migration settings in Hyper-V for faster, smoother VM moves — especially in clustered setups.
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Vladislav Karaiev
  • Vladislav Karaiev
  • July 4, 2023

Virtual Machine Storage – File vs Block [Part 2]: SMB vs iSCSI vs NVMe-oF in Hyper-V

The previous comparison of file and block VM storage focused specifically on the SMB, NFS, iSCSI, and NVMe-oF protocols. Now, it’s time to compare these storage types in the context of Microsoft’s Hyper-V environment!
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Didier Van Hoye
  • Didier Van Hoye
  • November 30, 2021

A look at SMB Compression

The Server Message Block (SMB) protocol has been used by Windows Server (WS) and Windows OS for quite a while now. However, its compression issues were resolved and integrated by Microsoft only in 2020. SMB compression allows saving on storage and time required to transfer and store the shared files. It also has various use cases, each having its own nuances.
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Nicolas Prigent
  • Nicolas Prigent
  • November 23, 2021

Azure NetApp Files Overview

Azure NetApp Files is akin to cloud-based shared storage for performance-intensive and latency-sensitive applications. It leverages both SMB and NFS protocols, so it’s applicable for both Windows and Linux. The service is designed to migrate and run your most demanding, complex, file-based applications in the cloud with no code change.
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Didier Van Hoye
  • Didier Van Hoye
  • July 15, 2021

SMB over QUIC Testing Guide – Part II

In Part 1 we focused on overall information on SMB over QUIC and how to make the necessary preparations for all to function well. Today, we’ll focus on the technicalities. It will be somewhat a tedious process but we’ve laid out everything in minute detail, so you don’t have to break your neck trying to figure it all out ?
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Didier Van Hoye
  • Didier Van Hoye
  • July 13, 2021

SMB over QUIC Testing Guide – Part I

Previously, we discussed how Windows Server 2022 is continuing to push the QUIC networking transport protocol on top of UDP. In this article, we’ll focus on SMB storage protocol over QUIC, how it prevents server spoofing, how it’s integrated into the client and the server, how to prepare for its work, and other related topics.
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Didier Van Hoye
  • Didier Van Hoye
  • November 15, 2018

Windows Server 2019 introduces a new SMB Mapping Option UseWriteThrough

Do you know that not every solution requires high available storage? Sometimes there is a need in functionality that gives us the option not to leverage any OS caching. Precisely this UseWriteThrough option you can find in the New-SBMMapping commandlet in Windows Server 2019. It allows a user to disable caching with SMB mappings in certain scenarios thus giving a possibility to prefer reliability over performance in non-continuously available file share scenarios. So, always check “paper proof of concepts” and find the best options for your IT infrastructure and business development!
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