Maintaining the High Availability of Server-based Data

January 14, 2013 Michael Porter Cisco, Cloudera, Featured, Professional Development, Project Management, Routing & Switching, Technology, Training in Business

Obviously, maintaining the availability of Server-based data is one of the primary objectives of any Server Administrator. With the “Data Verification and Auto Correction” process provided by ReFS we’re able to support that availability goal. While the self-healing aspects of such a file system existed in the Server 2008 versions of the operating system, ReFS takes that support capability to a level of higher resiliency. As described above, ReFS can auto-detect data corruption and then “self-heal.” This means that the file system can perform any corrections and repairs necessary without needing to take the file system offline.

Windows Server 2012 and the Resilient File System (ReFS)

January 7, 2013 Michael Porter Cisco, Cloudera, Featured, Professional Development, Project Management, Routing & Switching, Technology, Training in Business

Save File. You’ve seen that command a thousand times as you work on your documents and images, but have you ever thought about what lies underneath? And how critical a file system is to everything you do on your computing platform? With Windows Server 2012, Microsoft is updating their ubiquitous and venerable NTFS with ReFS, which is one of the more important changes you’ll find in their latest server platform.

The Evolution of Microsoft Certification Practice Exams

December 19, 2012 Ron Wen Cisco, Cloudera, Featured, Professional Development, Project Management, Routing & Switching, Technology, Training in Business

We recently sat down with Transcender’s Microsoft product team consisting of Aima Rotella, Joshua Hester, and George Monsalvatge and discussed how their practice exams are developed and how they have evolved to keep up with changes coming from Microsoft. In the end, we learned that there are major challenges in writing practice exams that accurately reflect and teach students important exam concepts, Microsoft is moving towards more open standards, and customer feedback is crucial to developing and evolving Transcender practice exams

The Fast-Track to Updating your Skills to SQL Server 2012

December 6, 2012 Brian Egler Cisco, Cloudera, Featured, Professional Development, Project Management, Routing & Switching, Technology, Training in Business

As an instructor, I get to preview new courses to verify the materials for accuracy, which also allows me to start preparing to teach the course. I always participate in the CTP/Beta programs and get to know the new release over time as Microsoft releases more bits. One by-product of going through the latest training is it prepares you for the certification exams and you can do it too. Let’s take a look: