I decided to do some very basic performance testing of non Windows based NAS devices that I’ve got here at in my lab / production network. The aim of this is not to come up with a winner or loser, but to understand what levels of performance I might expect from these NAS devices. I’ll break this testing up into two categories, and tonight's blog post will feature the non … [Read more...]
SBS 2008 Monitoring Database grows too big
Yes – I had this happen on my SBS 2008 server myself. Instead of taking the normal route to try and resolve it however, I decided to mess with a few SQL commands and try to dig under the covers to see if I could delete data that was too old. I thought that this might allow me to reduce the content of the database so that I could not go through the hassle of replacing it. … [Read more...]
Can I run this Server Application on my Terminal Server?
Often we get asked by customers to allow their terminal server to be more than just a terminal server. They might want their Terminal Server to be a SQL server, or a Domain Controller or some such thing at the same time as being a Terminal Server. The entire concept behind a terminal server is that it’s designed to be like a large multi user desktop computer and … [Read more...]
Trend WFBS 7 Build 1417 released.
Trend last week (14th March), quietly and without fanfare released Build 1417 of the WFBS 7.0 product. You can download it here direct from them. Trend have not said much about this build, but I was given it in advance of release. What I found was a build that seemed far more stable and faster performing than I had previously with the WFBS 7.0 product. Good … [Read more...]
SBS 2008 Disk Backup Performance
I’ve heard people talk about the impact of backups on their server. With disk based backups being more common place these days, I thought I’d take a look at one on my test server. This screenshot shows a base Windows 2008 server doing a backup direct to a USB 2.0 connected 2TB drive (1 x 1TB in RAID0 configuration). You can see the low level impact that this is having on the … [Read more...]