How to Set Up Data Deduplication on Windows Server 2016 Data Deduplication (Dedup) is a Windows Server 2016 feature that reduces storage consumption by identifying and eliminating duplicate chunks of data across files on a volume. Unlike file-level deduplication, Windows Server Dedup operates at the sub-file, variable block level, which delivers high savings ratios on […]
What Are Shielded VMs and Why They Exist Shielded Virtual Machines are a Windows Server 2016+ security feature that protects virtual machine data and state from access by Hyper-V administrators, backup operators, and anyone else with physical or software-level access to the virtualization fabric. In a conventional Hyper-V environment, a fabric administrator — someone with […]
Introduction to Privileged Access Workstations (PAW) A Privileged Access Workstation (PAW) is a dedicated, hardened computer used exclusively for performing sensitive administrative tasks. The concept was formalized by Microsoft as part of the Privileged Access strategy to counter the most common attack vectors used by threat actors to compromise administrative accounts — credential theft, pass-the-hash, […]
Introduction IBM AIX 7.3 is the latest release of IBM’s enterprise-grade UNIX operating system, running on IBM Power Systems hardware. Known for its reliability, security, and performance in mission-critical environments, AIX 7.3 introduces enhanced virtualization, security hardening, and cloud integration features. This guide covers how to configure disk mirroring with lvm on IBM AIX 7.3 […]
Introduction IBM AIX 7.3 is the latest release of IBM’s enterprise-grade UNIX operating system, running on IBM Power Systems hardware. Known for its reliability, security, and performance in mission-critical environments, AIX 7.3 introduces enhanced virtualization, security hardening, and cloud integration features. This guide covers how to contribute to aix open source community on IBM AIX […]
Introduction to Windows Server Failover Clustering with SQL Server Windows Server Failover Clustering (WSFC) combined with SQL Server Failover Cluster Instances (FCI) is one of the oldest and most battle-tested high-availability solutions for SQL Server workloads. Unlike Always On Availability Groups, which replicate data between nodes, a Failover Cluster Instance presents SQL Server as a […]
Introduction IBM AIX 7.3 is the latest release of IBM’s enterprise-grade UNIX operating system, running on IBM Power Systems hardware. Known for its reliability, security, and performance in mission-critical environments, AIX 7.3 introduces enhanced virtualization, security hardening, and cloud integration features. This guide covers how to expand a filesystem online on IBM AIX 7.3 with […]
How to Configure Storage Spaces Direct (S2D) on Windows Server 2022 Storage Spaces Direct (S2D) is Microsoft’s software-defined storage technology built into Windows Server, enabling you to cluster servers with local storage — NVMe, SSDs, and HDDs — into a highly available, scalable storage pool without the need for a shared SAS fabric or SAN. […]
Introduction IBM AIX 7.3 is the latest release of IBM’s enterprise-grade UNIX operating system, running on IBM Power Systems hardware. Known for its reliability, security, and performance in mission-critical environments, AIX 7.3 introduces enhanced virtualization, security hardening, and cloud integration features. This guide covers how to apply ifix patches on IBM AIX 7.3 with practical […]
Introduction IBM AIX 7.3 is the latest release of IBM’s enterprise-grade UNIX operating system, running on IBM Power Systems hardware. Known for its reliability, security, and performance in mission-critical environments, AIX 7.3 introduces enhanced virtualization, security hardening, and cloud integration features. This guide covers how to set up websphere application server on IBM AIX 7.3 […]
