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Joel Sloss

Joel Sloss is a product manager for BackOffice at Microsoft. Previously, he was lab manager for Windows IT Pro, and a technical editor since 1995.

Email: joelsloss@microsoft.com

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Pumping Up Your Server

By Joel Sloss, 08/01/1997

Non-RAID tips for improving the performance of or administering disk controllers.

RAID: Enhanced Disk Storage for Windows NT

By Joel Sloss, 08/01/1997

With the flurry of activity surrounding Windows NT clusters and server scalability, RAID has gained new exposure in the NT market. Here's what RAID is all about.

RAID Levels

By Joel Sloss, 08/01/1997

RAID level numbers and the definitions.

RAID Tips

By Joel Sloss, 08/01/1997

Tips for RAID.

RAID-Related Terms

By Joel Sloss, 08/01/1997

Definitions of RAID-related technologies.

KVM Switches Roundup

By Joel Sloss, 07/01/1997

A review of six KVM switches with a variety of features.

LifeKeeper 1.0 for EnVista Servers

By Joel Sloss, 06/01/1997

LifeKeeper 1.0 for EnVista Servers are bundled solutions for NT clustering.

Clustering Solutions Feature Summary

By Joel Sloss, 06/01/1997

A feature summary in table format for clustering solutions.

Clustering Terms and Technologies

By Joel Sloss, 06/01/1997

Definitions for clustering terms and technologies.

Clustering Solutions for Windows NT

By Joel Sloss, 06/01/1997

"Windows NT Magazine" Lab examines seven NT clustering solutions.

Testing Wolfpack, LifeKeeper, StandbyServer for NT, and NT Cluster-in-a-Box

By Joel Sloss, 06/01/1997

Use any of these products to create a high-availability cluster of a SQL Server or set of file services.

Wolfpack Beta 2

By Joel Sloss, 06/01/1997

Are you ready to dance with the wolves?

Marathon Technologies' Endurance 4000

By Joel Sloss, 06/01/1997

Take a look at a system mirroring solution.

Unicenter TNG

By Joel Sloss, 05/01/1997

Unicenter TNG from Computer Associates is a suite of interrelated modules that addresses a different aspect of end-to-end enterprise and systems management.

Enterprise Administrator 4.0

By Joel Sloss, 05/01/1997

Enterprise Administrator 4.0 from Mission Critical Software lets you manage user accounts, create and assign permissions and manage security on a large scale.

Techniques to Speed Up Your NT Network

By Joel Sloss, 04/01/1997

Learn how to add network throughput to your resource and application servers, based on testing examples from the Windows NT Magazine Lab.

Enterprise Testing Environment

By Joel Sloss, 04/01/1997

The "Windows NT Magazine" Lab can model a variety of network arrangements to test performance.

Editor's Choice

By Joel Sloss, 03/01/1997

The winner of the "Windows NT Magazine" Lab's NT-on-laptops experiment.

Advanced Power Management and Plug and Play

By Joel Sloss, 03/01/1997

What kinds o fAPM and PnP features do NT users want in a portable?

Run NT on Laptops? Yes, You Can!

By Joel Sloss, 03/01/1997

Check out 10 notebooks that embrace NT 4.0.



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