Testing 'Continous Available' File Servers - An end-to-end service viewpoint

One of the biggest innovations for the File Server in Windows Server 2012 is its new Continuous Availability capability for both the SMB3.0 and NFSv3.2 protocols. The main objective behind this feature is to ensure applications storing their data on the File Server can do so without downtime in the event of maintenance or unplanned failure of the File Server cluster. This talk explains how the test team tackled the challenge of ensuring end to end scenarios based on Windows Server 2012 and put in place by customers meet today stringent needs for availability.

Learning Objectives

Understand how the test team modeled end to end solutions for Application Servers based on Windows Server 2012 clustered File Servers
Understand the workloads, faults, and administrative actions included in the simulation
Learn about the infrastructure the team put in place to efficiently execute on this testing and monitor result