Jose Barreto's Blog
A blog by Jose Barreto, a member of the OneDrive team at Microsoft.
Windows Server 2012: Which version of the SMB protocol (SMB 1.0, SMB 2.0, SMB 2.1 or SMB 3.0) are you using on your File Server?
Note: This blog post is obsolete. Please find the updated version at...
Author: JoseBarreto Date: 06/06/2012
File Server team sessions at TechEd 2012 North America
If you're planning to attend the TechEd 2012 North America event in June, here are the scheduled...
Author: JoseBarreto Date: 05/01/2012
Deploying Windows Server 2012 Beta with SMB Direct (SMB over RDMA) and the Mellanox ConnectX-2/ConnectX-3 using InfiniBand – Step by Step
This blog post is now obsolete. For the latest post on this topic, visit...
Author: JoseBarreto Date: 04/19/2012
Deploying Windows Server 2012 Beta with SMB Direct (SMB over RDMA) and the Intel NetEffect NE020 card – Step by Step
This blog post is obsolete. For the latest post on this topic, see...
Author: JoseBarreto Date: 04/19/2012
Preliminary performance results with Windows Server 2012 Beta and SMB Direct (SMB over RDMA)
If you’re reading up on Windows Server 2012, you probably saw that using file storage for your...
Author: JoseBarreto Date: 04/10/2012
Analyzing Storage Performance using the Windows Performance Analysis ToolKit (WPT)
Robert Smith (Platforms Field Engineer) has recently posted a new blog that cover one important area...
Author: JoseBarreto Date: 03/25/2012
Windows Server 2012 – Hyper-V over SMB – Quick Provisioning a VM on an SMB File Share
One of the preferred methods for creating VMs in a shared environment is to have one or more base...
Author: JoseBarreto Date: 03/20/2012
Windows Server 2012 Beta Scale-Out File Server for SQL Server 2012 - Step-by-step Installation
IMPORTANT: This blog post is now obsolete. For the latest version of this content, please...
Author: JoseBarreto Date: 03/15/2012
Windows Server 2012 Beta - Test cases for Hyper-V over SMB (includes PowerShell examples)
This blog posts lists a few of the common test cases for the new "Hyper-V over SMB" scenario in...
Author: JoseBarreto Date: 03/06/2012
Using Windows PowerShell to run old command line tools (and their weirdest parameters)
Introduction For a while now, I have let go of the old CMD.EXE command line and moved over to...
Author: JoseBarreto Date: 03/03/2012
Bill Laing announces Windows Server 2012 Beta - Enjoy your pre-release SMB 2.2 File Server
Bill Laing, Corporate VP for Server and Cloud, just announced the availability of Windows Server...
Author: JoseBarreto Date: 03/01/2012
SNIA’s Storage Developer Conference - SDC 2011 content (slides and videos) now available for download, including SMB 2.2 details
The Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA) hosted the 8th Storage Developer Conference (SDC)...
Author: JoseBarreto Date: 12/16/2011
Links to //build/ sessions on Storage, Networking and Hyper-V
Last month at the //Build/ conference we had a large number of presentations delivered and made...
Author: JoseBarreto Date: 11/27/2011
I will be speaking at the //build/ conference next month
Just a short post to share that I will be speaking at the BUILD conference next month. The...
Author: JoseBarreto Date: 08/17/2011
TechEd 2011 demo install step-by-step (Hyper-V, AD, DNS, iSCSI Target, File Server Cluster, SQL Server over SMB2)
- Introduction 1.1. Overview As I explained in a previous blog post, I delivered a presentation...
Author: JoseBarreto Date: 05/19/2011
TechEd 2011 Session WSV317: Windows Server 2008 R2 File Services Consolidation - Technology Update
This week at TechEd 2011 I will be delivering a presentation about “Windows Server 2008 R2...
Author: JoseBarreto Date: 05/16/2011
File Server Team sessions at TechEd 2011 this week
If you're attending TechEd 2011 this week, here are sessions from the File Server team: WSV313 -...
Author: JoseBarreto Date: 05/16/2011
Diskless server boot using the Microsoft iSCSI Software Target and a regular network card
The new Microsoft iSCSI Software Target 3.3 is commonly deployed to provide data storage for servers...
Author: JoseBarreto Date: 05/03/2011
Using 4k sector and advanced format drives in Windows. HotFix and support info for Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7
If you work with storage, you probably already heard about the “4K Sector Drives”,...
Author: JoseBarreto Date: 04/26/2011
FSCT test results detail the performance of Windows Server 2008 R2 File Server configurations - 23,000 users with 192 spindles
- Introduction The File Server Capacity Tool (FSCT) is a free download from Microsoft that helps...
Author: JoseBarreto Date: 04/08/2011
Updated iSCSI Initiator Users Guide for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2
We just got an updated version of the “iSCSI Initiator Users Guide for Windows 7 and Windows...
Author: JoseBarreto Date: 04/05/2011
Microsoft iSCSI Software Target 3.3 for Windows Server 2008 R2 available for public download
Introduction For the last few years, I’ve been blogging about the Microsoft iSCSI Software...
Author: JoseBarreto Date: 04/04/2011
File Server improvements from Windows Server 2003 to Windows Server 2008 R2. 8 items for 8 years…
Introduction The File Server team often talks to customers about file server migration and file...
Author: JoseBarreto Date: 02/25/2011
SQL over SMB2 - One of the top 10 hidden gems in SQL Server 2008 R2
Introduction The SQL CAT team has posted a blog last year about the "Top 10 hidden gems in SQL...
Author: JoseBarreto Date: 02/24/2011
New white paper providing guidance for sizing NTFS volumes
A new white paper covering "NTFS CHKDSK Best Practices and Performance" was posted today at...
Author: JoseBarreto Date: 02/22/2011
Ranking the SMB rules in the File Services Best Practices Analyzer tool (BPA)
As you probably know, the File Services team provides a Best Practices Analyzer tool (BPA). It...
Author: JoseBarreto Date: 02/19/2011
Great SQL Server Storage advice from a team deploying SQL with LOB apps
During an internal conference this week I came across a group at Microsoft Services that works...
Author: JoseBarreto Date: 02/18/2011
New white paper: Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 Architecture and Deployment
A new white paper about Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 Architecture and Deployment (including the...
Author: JoseBarreto Date: 02/17/2011
Simple SQL Server script to create a database and generate activity for a demo
I am doing a little demo this week and it includes a simple SQL Server script to generate activity...
Author: JoseBarreto Date: 02/16/2011
Currently available hotfixes for SMB and SMB2 File Server components in Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2
If you’re installing a Windows Server 2008 or Windows Server 2008 R2 file server, we always...
Author: JoseBarreto Date: 01/31/2011
Programming Windows Phone 7 by Charles Petzold - Download free PDF and start developing your WP7 Apps
I just discovered this interesting book on "Programming Windows Phone 7", by Charles Petzold (yes,...
Author: JoseBarreto Date: 01/01/2011
Lessons learned creating BingMatrix in ASP.NET and Azure (goals, http requests, threads, progress message and postbacks)
I have spent my last few weekends building an ASP.NET web application that sends multiple queries to...
Author: JoseBarreto Date: 12/28/2010
BingMatrix – A Windows Azure application that provides a fun way to mine data from Bing
I wanted to share a little application I put together using Windows Azure. It uses Bing queries to...
Author: JoseBarreto Date: 12/23/2010
BingMatrix updated to get parameters directly in the URL
In a previous blog post, I described the BingMatrix search tool:...
Author: JoseBarreto Date: 12/23/2010
The Basics of SMB Signing (covering both SMB1 and SMB2)
SMB Signing Overview Server Message Block (SMB) is the file protocol most commonly used by Windows....
Author: JoseBarreto Date: 12/01/2010
First impressions on Windows Phone 7 and the Samsung Focus
Well, I have been using my new Samsung Focus (one of the Windows Phone 7 options for AT&T) for...
Author: JoseBarreto Date: 11/27/2010
Two new blog posts on Windows Storage Server 2008 R2
Scott M. Johnson has published two new blogs post on the Windows Storage Server blog: The first post...
Author: JoseBarreto Date: 11/18/2010
File and Storage FAQ in the Microsoft Community Forums
As you probably already know, Microsoft maintains a number of community forums divided into...
Author: JoseBarreto Date: 11/16/2010
How to Handle NTFS Folder Permissions, Security Descriptors and ACLs in PowerShell
- Overview Some time ago, I was automating a few tasks with PowerShell and needed to set NTFS...
Author: JoseBarreto Date: 11/12/2010
Announcing Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 Essentials!
Joel Garcia announced from TechEd Europe the release Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 Essentials, a...
Author: JoseBarreto Date: 11/10/2010
What version of SMB2 am I using on my Windows file server?
Note: This post is now obsolete. Please refer to this newer post which includes coverage of SMB...
Author: JoseBarreto Date: 10/26/2010
Using PowerShell and the the iSCSI Target 3.3 WMI classes to create a differencing VHD for OS boot
I recently blogged about the PowerShell cmdlets included with the Microsoft iSCSI Software Target...
Author: JoseBarreto Date: 10/04/2010
PowerShell cmdlets for the Microsoft iSCSI Target 3.3 (included in Windows Storage Server 2008 R2)
- Overview One of the new features in the Microsoft iSCSI Software Target 3.3 (included in Windows...
Author: JoseBarreto Date: 09/29/2010
Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 and the Microsoft iSCSI Software Target 3.3 are available on MSDN/TechNet - here's how to install them
After this post was release, the Microsoft iSCSI Software Target 3.3 for Windows Server 2008 R2...
Author: JoseBarreto Date: 09/27/2010
Mapping Cluster.exe Commands to Windows PowerShell Cmdlets for Failover Clusters - Extended Edition
While many of the Windows Server Failover Cluster (WSFC) administrators have moved from the old...
Author: JoseBarreto Date: 09/25/2010
Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 is now available!
It's a pleasure to let you know that Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 (which includes the Microsoft...
Author: JoseBarreto Date: 09/22/2010
Notes from SNIA’s Storage Developers Conference (SDC) 2010 and CIFS/SMB/SMB2 Plugfest
If you’re following me on Twitter, you probably noticed I am attending SNIA’s Software...
Author: JoseBarreto Date: 09/20/2010
Random notes on Storage IO Performance
Here are some random notes I took during a presentation to Storage IO Performance this morning:...
Author: JoseBarreto Date: 09/07/2010