Microsoft's first attempt at creating a software-defined storage platform wasn't a big hit. Its updated version just might be. One of the most difficult things in designing IT infrastructure is to get ...

What is a direct access storage device (DASD)? A direct access storage device is a type of secondary storage device that supports direct access to stored data, as opposed to sequential access, which ...

DirectStorage is a technology that Microsoft has developed for the Xbox Series S and Xbox Series X. The main goal of this technology is to reduce game loading times as much as possible. Microsoft has ...

This week Microsoft held its first Windows Server Summit (available on demand), which focused on using Windows Server to modernize applications and infrastructure, while also including some key ...

Microsoft this week summarized the top Storage Spaces Direct improvements that will be coming to Windows Server 2019. Storage Spaces Direct is a way of pooling disk storage, but it isn't new. It's ...

MS DirectStorage gaming is about to arrive and Phison is prepared to deliver direct to GPU texture streams at the highest level. Microsoft's DirectStorage API (Application Programming Interface) is ...

Windows 11 is on the way, bringing with it a fresh design and eliminating some features while adding new ones. One of the technologies that Microsoft’s next operating system is bringing with it is ...

Windows 11 has added Direct Storage, Auto HDR, and a new Xbox app as Microsoft has branded its operating system as the “best ever Windows for gaming.” The new moves bring the OS more in line with the ...

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Microsoft has upped the ante in its bid to entice more customers to use software-defined storage with the release of a host of enhanced Windows Server 2016 features. At the top of the list is Storage ...