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A quick disclaimer: this should work for the entire IBM DS3xxx series, but I’ve only tested with the DS3300. Your Mileage May Vary!

So I’ve decided to have a go with some pre-release software and use Hyper-V R2 server. I work with several clients who rely on Windows Server 2008 Enterprise using Hyper-V in a clustered manner and either Enterprise R2 or Hyper-V R2 sound perfect for them. Cluster Shared Volumes are a brilliant idea and bring Hyper-V much closer to VMware for management ease. Specifically on my SAN I’m using IBM’s DS3300 iSCSI platform so to try this out I went about trying to get the RDAC MPIO drivers installed on the Hyper-V R2 beta.

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In my last post I wrote about building an iSCSI-based SAN using cheap hardware and software. Now for the application layer – virtualisation! But how do we do this using cheap – or free – software?

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The last few days I’ve been planning my company’s IT strategy for the next year with our new financial year looming. Having just started with this company, I’ve walked into a role where most of the servers run either on non-server hardware or are many, many years old. However, I don’t really have the budget to replace them all. Enter virtualisation…

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