Re: Windows Catalog / Storage Virtualization

From: Bob N. (bobn_at_msnews.com)
Date: 10/22/04 

Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2004 12:45:04 -0700

Thanks,

Any answer to actually finding a "readable" catalog?

Also, Is there anything out there that addresses support for storage
virtualization (clustered and non-clustered). Our storage group is looking
at placing Falcostor (IPStor) virtualization between every server and its
data storage. I found them in the hardware list - but with no information
other than their name.

Thanks,

"Rodney R. Fournier [MVP]" wrote:

> I have heard the official stance is PSS won't help you if the systems are
> not certified. I have done 5-6 PSS clustered related calls this year, and
> not one of them has asked or verified if the systems were on the list or
> not. Granted, they all are, but I have not been personally asked.
>
> Have I mentioned lately that PSS rocks?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Rod
>
> MVP - Windows Server - Clustering
> http://www.nw-america.com - Clustering
> http://msmvps.com/clustering - Blog
>
> "Bob N." <bobn@msnews.com> wrote in message
> news:3CAE0EA6-40F1-4D0A-B3DF-805238227E06@microsoft.com...
> > In a previous post, Rodney Fournier stated:
> >
> > Please check
> > http://www.microsoft.com/windows/catalog/server/default.aspx?xslt=categoryproduct&subid=22&pgn=8b712458-b91c-4a7d-8695-23e9cd3ae95b
> > for certified hardware solutions.
> >
> > No offense, but this web site design is absolutley terrible. A search for
> > HP yeilded nothing. A search for "Proliant" on this page yeilded 1032
> > hits -
> > presented 10 at a time to the user. Like pretty much everyone else in the
> > world, I do not have the time or the inclination to browse through 103
> > screens of information to ge the information I want. Is there a
> > downloadable
> > copy of this information that can be browsed and searched in a single
> > document format?
> >
> > Also, exactly how important is certification to Windows clustering.
> > Microsoft has been paying lip service to certification for years - without
> > requiring it for the majority of its software "partners". Now, I am
> > looking
> > for clustering and VSS solutions and finding that several "partners" are
> > not
> > bothering with certifcation at this level either. Is there a short
> > synopsis
> > somewhere that states that MS will disavow all support without
> > certification?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
>
>
>

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