Azure Files SMB Multichannel provides improved performance for clients

By Dustin Ward

Server Message Block (SMB) 3.0 introduced SMB Multichannel technology for Windows Server 2012 and Windows 8 client. This feature allows SMB 3.x clients to establish multiple network connections to the SMB server 3.0 for greater performance over multiple network adapters and/or by taking advantage of NIC Receive Side Scaling (RSS).  Today, we are announcing the…

Stream CDC into an Amazon S3 data lake in Parquet format with AWS DMS

By Dustin Ward

Amazon Web Services FeedStream CDC into an Amazon S3 data lake in Parquet format with AWS DMS Most organizations generate data in real time and ever-increasing volumes. Data is captured from a variety of sources, such as transactional and reporting databases, application logs, customer-facing websites, and external feeds. Companies want to capture, transform, and analyze…