<p>Flash array front runner Violin Memory can now run Windows Server inside its high-end arrays, giving the server OS access to up to 64TB of NAND with the ability to run all Windows enterprise applications in solid state storage.</p><p>Violin and Microsoft have partnered to make Windows Server 2012 R2 use Violin flash better. Microsoft has rewritten parts of the Windows Server 2012 kernel to optimise it for flash, and Violin Memory rewritten parts of its vMOS operating system to optimise data paths for the Microsoft software.</p><p>Microsoft Systems Center 2012 R2 is also supported natively.</p><p>Violin's 6000 and 6200 series arrays can run Windows server, but not the smaller 3000 series products.</p><p><a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/10/16/violin_memory_enters_the_server_business/">Keep reading...</a></p><p>Read also:</p><p><a href="http://www.datacenterdynamics.com/focus/archive/2013/10/violin-adds-native-microsoft-business-app-support-memory-arrays">Violin adds native Microsoft business app support in memory arrays</a> (DatacenterDynamics)</p><p><a href="http://www.hispanicbusiness.com/2013/10/15/violin_scale-out_memory_platform_accelerates_windows.htm">Violin Scale-out Memory Platform Accelerates Windows Applications in the ...</a> (HispanicBusiness.com)</p><p>Explore: <a href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=d2-7TiXkhDSx86MVyc9IOSrV3_ZUM&ned=us">13 additional articles.</a></p>