Microsoft demonstrates Windows Server 2008 server hot swap function

Microsoft's WinHEC announced last week that the Longhorn server is officially named Windows Server 2008, and said it will ship at the end of this year. On Wednesday (5/16) Microsoft further demonstrated the hot swapping function of Windows Server 2008 with NEC. .

Mark Russinovich, Technical Fellow of Microsoft Platforms and Services, explains the core changes in the next-generation server operating system in WinHEC, which reduces the dead time required for hardware configuration changes, so that the system does not need to be rebooted. Ability to reconfigure the processor, storage, and memory.

NEC is the first hardware manufacturer to integrate the Windows Server 2008 hot swap function. Microsoft and NEC showcased the Windows Server 2008 on the NEC Express5800/1000 server with the Inte Itanium processor at the WinHEC conference. The server can be used by the user to set the hot swap function, for example, in the case of a processor or a memory lockout, it can be transferred to other processors or memory occupied by other applications, and the system only needs to be converted during the conversion process. After a few seconds of stagnation, the system will re-operate after the parts have been replaced.

Windows Server 2008 is also the first window server operating system that supports hot swapping. Microsoft calls this function dynamic partitioning. In the past, dynamic partitioning was mainly found on mainframes and supercomputers. But now some lower-end servers are also equipped with this feature.

NEC expects to launch the server that supports the hot swap function by the end of Windows Server 2008. In addition, Microsoft also said that in addition to NEC, other hardware manufacturers are developing support for Windows Server 2008. Hot swapping products.

Bill Lain, general manager of Microsoft's server division, announced the Windows Server 2008 product release strategy at the WinHEC conference on Wednesday, saying that it is expected to launch the SMB version of Windows Server 2008 next year and start a large enterprise of Windows Server 2008 in 2009. version upgrade.