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What is Windows Server 2012 R2 Dynamic Quorum?

Windows Server 2012 R2 introduced a lot of new storage features, and Microsoft MVP Aidan Finn introduces us to Dynamic Quorum in this helpful introductory article.

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Pause and Drain Actions on Windows Server 2012 R2 Clusters

Make your IT administration easier with Microsoft’s Windows Server 2012’s ability to pause and drain clusters.

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Configuring Cluster Shared Volumes (CSV) Cache

Use just a little bit o’ RAM or a lot! Learn to enable Cluster Shared Volumes (CSV) Cache to improve the read performance of CSV in WS2012!

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How Would Microsoft Design a Scale-Out File Server: Disks, Networking, and More

Discover how disks, networks, servers, and Storage Bricks play a part in designing a SOFS in part 2 of this series.

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How Would Microsoft Design a Scale-Out File Server?

WWMSD? Ever wonder how Microsoft would design a SOFS for storage over SMB 3.0 networking with transparent failover? Find out more in part 1 of this series.

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Creating a Windows Server 2012 R2 Cluster Shared Volume

Are you down with CSV? Find out more about Cluster Shared Volume (CSV) and learn to create one in this introduction.

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Windows Server 2012 Scheduled Cluster Tasks

Want to schedule against the cluster, instead of a per-server job? Learn about scheduled cluster tasks in WS2012 and how to implement them.

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Windows Server Failover Cluster Validation

Need to validate a Windows Server failover cluster? Find out what makes a supported cluster and learn to validate a Windows Server cluster configuration.

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Naming Standards in a Window Server Cluster

What’s in a name? Learn to standardize the naming of Windows failover cluster components in this helpful how-to article.

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Review: DataON Storage DNS-1640 JBOD for Storage Spaces

Check out our review of DataON Storage DNS-1640 JBOD, used for clustered Storage Spaces in Windows Server 2012 (WS2012) and Windows Server 2012 R2 (WS2012 R2).

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