Windows Essentials Business Server 2008 is part if Microsoft’s new focus on the mid-market space. In this and in my next few postings, I’ll provide you with a look at this product, starting with an installation overview of each component. In this part, you’ll learn about the prerequisites portion of the installation.

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The economy is down and IT budgets are shrinking. How do you keep moving forward and providing enhanced value to the organization while, at the same time, your budget is heading toward zero? Scott Lowe explains how refurbished servers might help you stretch your budget dollars.

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Your comments on AX4 & iSCSI high availability were very informative and provided a number of idea for improving on the described availability scenario. In this post, Scott Lowe continues the availability discussion.

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High availability is an important consideration in any service and becomes more important all the time. Scott Lowe shared with you a look at the highly available storage infrastructure implemented at Westminster college.

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EMC’s AX4 failover features work as advertised, much to the delight of Scott Lowe. Sometimes, it’s nice to celebrate the small successes!

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iSCSI is here to stay and will eventually supplant a significant portion of the installed base of Fibre Channel SANs out there. Further, as organizations make their initial forays into block-level shared storage, iSCSI will beat Fibre Channel more often than not.

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Microsoft has released a standalone hypervisor, Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008. Will you evaluate it for your organization? Scott Lowe explains the ins and outs of this new product.

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Etienne Guerou, Vice President, Chloride South East Asia shares some of his 20 years worth of expertise in building datacenters. Read on to find out more.

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In November, Microsoft will release the newest version of Small Business Server alongside their new entry in the server race — Windows Essential Business Server. See how these two products compare and contrast.

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Microsoft is investing a lot in new data centers. According to a report on News.com, they’re buying upwards of 10,000 new servers every month. What does one do with that many boxes?

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