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Hyper V Amigos Showcast 15 – VMFleet explained

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After a short break in broadcasts, due to extremely busy times, the Hyper-V Amigos ride again! Yes, fellow Microsoft MVP Carsten Rachfahl (@hypervserver) from Rachfahl IT Solutions and yours truly are back in the saddle!

In episode 15 of the Hyper-V Amigos Showcast we look at VMFleet. VMFleet is a free Microsoft test suite to show/test and help analyze the performance of a Hyper-converged Storage Spaces Direct Setup.

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In this episode Hyper V Amigos Showcast 15 – VMFleet explained we show you how to set it up, how it works and how to measure and evaluate your S2D deployment with it. We also share some real life tips with you. All this in just around 2 hours. So stick around for the long haul!

Hyper-V Amigos Showcast Episode 14: RemoteFX & DDA

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Carsten and I dove into our labs and played around with RemoteFX and Discrete Device Assignment in Windows Server 2016 Hyper-V and RDS. This resulted in the Hyper-V Amigos Showcast Episode 14: RemoteFX & DDA.

Some background on RemoteFX & DDA

I’ve discussed the new capabilities in previous blog posts such as https://blog.workinghardinit.work/?s=DDA&submit=Search  and RemoteFX and vGPU Improvements in Windows Server 2016 Hyper-V. But here the Hyper-V Amigos talk about it for your benefit and enjoyment. I for one know we had a ton of fun. Microsoft only VDI solutions are really taking off both on-premises and in Azure in cost conscious environments that still need good performance. I think we’ll see an uptake of such deployments as Microsoft has made some decisions and added some features to make this more feasible.

Hyper-V Amigos Showcast Episode 14: RemoteFX & DDA.

Click this link or the image below to watch Hyper-V Amigos Showcast Episode 14: RemoteFX & DDA

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There’s a bit of a learning curve associated with using DDA in Windows Server 2016. You’ll have to get acquainted with how to do it and put it to the test in labs and POCs. Do this before you even start thinking about designing production ready solutions. Having a good understanding on how it works and behaves is paramount to success.

Enjoy!

Episode 11 of the Hyper-V Amigo Showcast

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Hello there! Carsten Rachfahl and I have a new Hyper-V Amigo showcast out. In this Hyper-V Amigo Showcast Episode 11 we talk about Hyper-converged Storage Spaces Direct in Windows Server 2016 installed.

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Carsten has a nice demo system to play with and we have some fun playing with it. We’ll see the outstanding performance S2D can deliver and how resilient is. On top of this we also talk about Distributed Storage QoS, Node Isolation and Node Fairness.

The show some crazy performance numbers and even turn 2 of the 4 nodes off. While playing with the Cluster we see also some new Features like Distributed Storage QoS, Cluster and VM Isolation and Node Fairness.

Enjoy!

Hyper-V Amigo Chat Ignite 2015

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Many MVP’s attended Microsoft Ignite 2015 in Chicago to see what our future will look like.

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Carsten published the “Hyper-V Amigo Chat” we did right after Ignite. The conference was a blast for us all. Tired but happy we chat about storage space direct, Nano Server, ReFS, Dedupe, Azure Stack, … Enjoy!

Here’s the link to the video Hyper V Amigos Chat – Microsoft Ignite 2015 on Carsten’s blog.