Date: March 25, 2015
Tags: #SANLess Clusters for Windows Environments, Clustering 101, Dave Bermingham, Webinar
In the latest Clustering 101 webinar, Cluster MVP Dave Bermingham gave an overview of three very compelling new features coming in Microsoft next release of Windows Server, slated to release sometime in 2016. Rolling cluster OS upgrades, Storage Replica and Cloud Witness were all introduced along with their features and use cases. This webinar was recorded and will be available soon for on demand viewing. For additional information on each of these features please see the following resources.
Resources
Storage Replica
Storage Replica Guide Released for Windows Server Technical Preview | Technet: The Storage Team Blog — Oct 7, 2014
Stretching Failover Clusters and Using Storage Replica for Disaster Recovery in the Next Release of Windows Server | Channel 9 – MSDN — Oct 19, 2014
Cloud Witness
Introducing Cloud Witness | MSDN Blog — Nov 13, 2014
Rolling Cluster OS Upgrades
Cluster Operating System Rolling Upgrade in Windows Server Technical Preview | Technet — October 28
Additional Clustering Resources
ClusteringForMereMortals.com — David Bermingham’s Personal Clustering Blog
Clustering 101: Configuring a Windows Cluster Quorum — On Demand Clustering 101 Webinar
SIOS On Demand Webinar Library — A full catalog of SIOS’ high availability and clustering-focused webcasts