At-a-Glance: Comparing VMware vSphere 5.5 & Windows Server 2012 R2 Hyper-V

By Keith Mayer Article Rating: September 29, 2013 11:00 AM EDT Reads: 2,032 There?s been lots of buzz on the virtualization front over the past month ?? In August, Microsoft announced the RTM version of Windows Server 2012 R2 and System Center 2012 R2, the latest major releases of the Windows Server and System Center families.? In addition, at VMworld this year, VMware announced the latest edition of their vSphere hypervisor platform: VMware vSphere 5.5. IT Pros have been very interested in learning about?the?pros and cons?presented by each offering ? particularly because the total cost of Windows Server 2012 R2 + System Center 2012 R2 can be quite attractive in comparison to VMware?s offerings. More information: See Shopping for Private Clouds for a sample cost comparison between Microsoft and VMware virtualization solutions based on real-world requirements. With so many features called by differing names?in each virtualization platform, comparing Microsoft and VMware virtualization solutions can sometimes?seem a bit like comparing apples and oranges.? But, I?ll try to boil things down to a real-world perspective based on my experience implementing both solutions in the field throughout my career.? In this article, I?ll provide a summarized comparison of the feature sets provided by each of these latest releases?using the currently available public information from both Microsoft and VMware as of this article?s publication date. How to compare? Rather than simply comparing feature-by-feature using just simple check-marks in each category, I?ll try to provide as much detail as possible for you to intelligently compare each area.? As I?m sure you?ve heard before, sometimes the ?devil is in the details?. For each comparison area, I?ll rate the?related capabilities?with the following color coded rankings: Supported ??Fully supported without any additional products or licenses Limited Support ??Significant limitations when using?related feature,?or limitations in comparison to the competing solution represented Not Supported ? Not supported at all or without the addition of other product licensing costs In this article, I?ve organized the comparison into the following sections: Licensing Virtualization Scalability VM Portability, High Availability and Disaster Recovery Storage Networking Guest Operating Systems Are you keeping score at home? Of course, not all of the features and capabilities presented in the summary below may be important to you.? As you review the comparison summary of each section, just make a note of the particular features that you're likely to use in your environment.? When you're done, tally up the Green ratings in each column to determine which platform achieves a better score in meeting the needs of your organization. Here we go? Licensing: At-A-Glance Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2? + System Center 2012 R2 Datacenter Editions VMware vSphere 5.5 Enterprise Plus + vCenter Server 5.5 Notes # of Physical CPUs per License 2 1 With Microsoft, each Datacenter Edition license provides licensing for up to 2 physical CPUs per Host.? Additional licenses can be ?stacked? if more than 2 physical CPUs are present. With VMware, a vSphere 5.5 Enterprise Plus license must be purchased for each physical CPU.??This difference in CPU licensing is one of the factors that can contribute to increased licensing costs.? In addition, a minimum of one license of vCenter Server 5.5 is required for vSphere deployments. # of Managed OSE?s per License Unlimited Unlimited Both solutions provide the ability to manage an unlimited number of Operating System Environments per licensed Host. # of Windows Server VM Licenses per Host Unlimited 0 With VMware, Windows Server VM licenses must still be purchased separately. In environments virtualizing Windows Server?workloads, this?can contribute to a higher overall cost when virtualizing with VMware. VMware does include licenses for an unlimited # of VMs running SUSE Linux Enterprise Server per Host. Includes Anti-virus / Anti-malware protection Yes - System Center Endpoint Protection agents?included for both Host and VMs with System Center 2012 R2 Yes - Includes vShield Endpoint Protection which deploys as EPSEC thin agent in each VM + separate virtual appliance. Includes full SQL Database Server licenses for management databases Yes ? Includes all needed database server licensing to manage up to 1,000 hosts and 25,000 VMs per management server. No ? Must purchase additional database server licenses to scale beyond managing 100 hosts and 3,000 VMs with vCenter Server Appliance. VMware licensing includes an internal vPostgres database that supports managing up to 100 hosts and 3,000 VMs via vCenter Server Appliance. See VMware vSphere 5.5 Configuration Maximums for details. Includes licensing for Operations Monitoring and Management. Yes ? Included in System Center 2012 R2 No ? Operations Monitoring and Management requires separate license for vCenter Operations Manager or upgrade to vSphere with Operations Management Includes licensing for Private Cloud Management capabilities ? pooled resources, self-service, delegation, automation, elasticity, chargeback/showback Yes ? Included in System Center 2012 R2 No ? Private Cloud Management capabilities require additional cost of VMware vCloud Suite. Virtualization Scalability: At-a-Glance Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2? + System Center 2012 R2 Datacenter Editions VMware vSphere 5.5 Enterprise Plus + vCenter Server 5.5 Notes Maximum # of Logical Processors per Host 320 320 With vSphere 5.5 Enterprise Plus, VMware has ?caught up? to Microsoft in terms of Maximum # of Logical Processors supported per Host. Maximum Physical RAM per Host 4TB 4TB With vSphere 5.5 Enterprise Plus, VMware has ?caught up? to Microsoft in terms of Maximum Physical RAM supported per Host. Maximum Active VMs per Host 1,024 512 Maximum Virtual CPUs per VM 64 64 When using VMware FT, only 1 Virtual CPU per VM can be used. Hot-Adjust Virtual CPU Resources?to VM Yes - Hyper-V provides the ability to?increase and decrease?Virtual Machine limits for processor resources on running VMs. Yes - Can Hot-Add virtual CPUs for running VMs on selected Guest Operating Systems and adjust Limits/Shares for CPU resources. VMware Hot-Add CPU feature?requires supported Guest Operating System. Check VMware Compatibility Guide for details. VMware Hot-Add CPU feature not supported when using VMware FT Maximum Virtual RAM per VM 1TB 1TB When using VMware FT, only 64GB of Virtual RAM per VM can be used. Hot-Add Virtual RAM to VM Yes ( Dynamic Memory ) Yes Requires supported Guest Operating System. Dynamic Memory Management Yes ( Dynamic Memory ) Yes ( Memory Ballooning ) Note that memory overcommit is not supported for VMs that are configured as an MSCS VM Guest Cluster. VMware vSphere 5.5 also supports another memory technique: Transparent Page Sharing (TPS).? While TPS was useful in the past on legacy server hardware platforms and operating systems, it is no longer effective in many environments due to modern servers and operating systems supporting Large Memory Pages (LMP) for improved memory performance. Guest NUMA Support Yes Yes NUMA = Non-Uniform Memory Access.? Guest NUMA support is particularly important for scalability when virtualizing large multi-vCPU VMs on Hosts with a large number of physical processors. Maximum # of physical Hosts per Cluster 64 32 Maximum # of VMs per Cluster 8,000 4,000 Virtual Machine Snapshots Yes - Up to 50 snapshots per VM are supported. Yes - Up to 32 snapshots per VM chain are supported, but VMware only recommends 2-to-3. In addition, VM Snapshots are not supported for VMs using an iSCSI initiator. Integrated Application Load Balancing for Scaling-Out Application Tiers Yes - via System Center 2012 R2 VMM No ? Requires additional purchase of vCloud Network and Security (vCNS) or vCloud Suite. Bare metal deployment of new Hypervisor hosts and clusters Yes - via System Center 2012 R2 VMM Yes - VMware Auto?Deploy and Host Profiles supports bare metal deployment of new hosts into an existing cluster, but does not support bare metal deployment of new clusters. Bare metal deployment of new Storage hosts and clusters Yes - via System Center 2012 R2 VMM No GPU Virtualization for Advanced VDI Graphics Yes - Server GPUs can be virtualized and shared across VDI VMs via RemoteFX. Yes - via virtual GPU support. Virtualization of USB devices Yes - Client USB devices can be passed to VMs via Remote Desktop connections.?Direct? redirection of USB storage from Host possible with Windows-to-Go certified devices.? Direct redirection of other USB devices possible with?third-party solutions. Yes - via USB Pass-through support. VM Portability, High Availability and Disaster Recovery: At-a-Glance Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2? + System Center 2012 R2 Datacenter Editions VMware vSphere 5.5 Enterprise Plus + vCenter Server 5.5 Notes Live Migration of running VMs Yes ? Unlimited concurrent Live VM Migrations.? Provides flexibility to?cap at a maximum limit that is appropriate for?your datacenter architecture. Yes ? but limited to 4 concurrent vMotions per host when using 1GbE network adapters and 8 concurrent vMotions per host when using 10GbE network adapters. Live Migration of running VMs without shared storage between hosts Yes ? Supported via Shared Nothing Live Migration Yes ? Supported via Enhanced vMotion. Live Migration using compression of VM memory state Yes ? Supported via Compressed Live Migration, providing up to a 2X increase in Live Migration speeds. No Live Migration over RDMA-enabled network adapters Yes ? Supported via SMB-Direct Live Migration, providing up to a 10X increase in Live Migration speeds. No Live Migration of VMs Clustered with Windows Server Failover Clustering (MSCS Guest Cluster) Yes ? by configuring relaxed monitoring of MSCS VM Guest Clusters. No ? based on documented vSphere MSCS Setup Limitations Highly Available VMs Yes ? Highly available VMs can be configured on a Hyper-V Host cluster.? If the application running inside the VM is cluster aware, a VM Guest Cluster can also be configured via MSCS for faster application failover times. Yes ? Supported by VMware HA, but with the limitations listed above?when using?MSCS VM Guest Clusters. Failover Prioritization of Highly Available VMs Yes ? Supported by clustered priority settings on each highly available VM. Yes Affinity Rules for Highly Available VMs Yes ? Supported by preferred cluster resource owners and anti-affinity VM placement rules. Yes Cluster-Aware Updating for Orchestrated Patch Management of Hosts. Yes ? Supported via included Cluster-Aware Updating (CAU) role service. Yes ? Supported by vSphere 5.5 Update Manager, but if using vCenter Server Appliance, need separate 64-bit Windows OS license for Update Management server.? If supporting more than 5 hosts and 50 VMs, also need a separate SQL database server. Guest OS Application Monitoring for Highly Available VMs Yes Yes ? Provided by vSphere App HA, but limited to?only the following applications: Apache Tomcat, IIS, SQL Server, Apache HTTP Server, SharePoint, SpringSource tc Runtime. VM Guest Clustering via Shared Virtual Hard Disk files Yes ? Provided via native Shared VHDX support for VM Guest Clusters Yes ? But only Single-Host VM Guest Clustering supported via Shared VMDK files.? For VM Guest Clusters that extend across multiple hosts, must use RDM instead. Intelligent Placement of new VM workloads Yes ? Provided via Intelligent Placement in System Center 2012 R2 Yes ? Provided via vSphere DRS, but without ability to intelligently place fault tolerant VMs using VMware FT. Automated Load Balancing of VM Workloads across Hosts Yes ? Provided via Dynamic Optimization in System Center 2012 R2 Yes - Provided via vSphere DRS, but without ability to load-balance VM Guest Clusters using MSCS. Power Optimization of Hosts when load-balancing VMs Yes ? Provided via Power Optimization in System Center 2012 R2 Yes ? Provided via vSphere DRS, with the same limitations listed above for Automated Load Balancing. Fault Tolerant VMs No -?The vast majority of?application availability needs can be supported via?Highly Available VMs and VM Guest Clustering on a more cost-effective and more-flexible basis than software-based fault tolerance solutions.? If required for specific business applications, hardware-based fault tolerance server solutions can be leveraged where needed. Yes ? Supported via VMware FT, but there are a large number of limitations when using VMware FT, including no support for the following when using VMware FT: VM Snapshots, Storage vMotion, VM Backups via vSphere Data Protection, Virtual SAN, Multi-vCPU VMs, More than 64GB of vRAM per VM. Software-based fault tolerance solutions, such as VMware FT, generally have significant limitations.? If applications require more comprehensive fault tolerance than provided via Highly Available VMs and VM Guest Clustering, hardware-based fault tolerance server solutions offer an alternative choice without the limits imposed by software-based fault tolerance solutions. Backup VMs and Applicatons Yes - Provided via included System Center 2012 R2 Data Protection Manager with support for Disk-to-Disk, Tape and Cloud backups. Yes - Only supports Disk-to-Disk backup of VMs via vSphere Data Protection.? Application-level backup integration requires separately purchased vSphere Data Protection Advanced. Site-to-Site Asynchronous VM Replication Yes ? Provided via Hyper-V Replica with 30-second, 5-minute or 15-minute replication intervals. Minimum RPO = 30-seconds. Hyper-V Replica also supports extended replication across three sites for added protection. Yes ? Provided via vSphere Replication with minimum replication interval of 15-minutes. Minimum RPO = 15-minutes. In VMware solution, Orchestrated Failover of Site-to-Site replication can be provided via separately licensed VMware SRM. In Microsoft solution, Orchestrated Failover of Site-to-Site replication can be provided via included PowerShell at no additional cost. Alternatively, a GUI interface for orchestrating failover can be provided via the separately licensed Windows Azure HRM service. Storage: At-a-Glance Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2? + System Center 2012 R2 Datacenter Editions VMware vSphere 5.5 Enterprise Plus + vCenter Server 5.5 Notes Maximum # Virtual SCSI Hard Disks per VM 256 ( Virtual SCSI ) 60 ( PVSCSI )? 120 ( Virtual SATA ) Maximum Size per Virtual Hard Disk 64TB 62TB vSphere 5.5 support for 62TB VMDK files is limited to when using VMFS5 and NFS datastores only.? In vSphere 5.5, VMFS3 datastores are still limited to 2TB VMDK files.? In vSphere 5.5, Hot-Expand, VMware FT , Virtual Flash Read Cache and Virtual SAN are not supported with 62TB VMDK files. Boot VM from Virtual SCSI disks Yes ( Generation 2 VMs ) Yes Hot-Add Virtual SCSI VM Storage for running VMs Yes Yes Hot-Expand Virtual SCSI Hard Disks for running VMs Yes Yes ? but not supported with new 62TB VMDK files. Hot-Shrink Virtual SCSI Hard Disks for running VMs Yes No Storage Quality of Service Yes ( Storage QoS ) Yes ( Storage IO Control ) In VMware vSphere 5.5, Storage IO Control is not supported for RDM disks. In Windows Server 2012 R2, Storage QoS is not supported for Pass-through disks. Virtual Fibre Channel to VMs Yes ( 4 Virtual FC ports per VM ) Yes ( 4 Virtual FC ports per VM ) vSphere 5.5 Enterprise Plus also includes a software initiator for FCoE support for VMs.? While not included inbox in Windows Server 2012 R2, a no-cost ISV solution is available here to provide FCoE support for Hyper-V VMs. Live Migrate Virtual Storage for running VMs Yes - Unlimited concurrent Live Storage migrations.?Provides flexibility to?cap at a maximum limit that is appropriate for?your datacenter architecture. Yes ? but only up to 2 concurrent Storage vMotion operations per host / only up to 8 concurrent Storage vMotion operations per datastore.? Storage vMotion is also not supported for MSCS VM Guest Clusters. Flash-based Read Cache Yes - Using SSDs in Tiered Storage Spaces, limited up to 160 physical disks and 480 TB total capacity. Yes ? but only up to 400GB of cache per virtual disk / 2TB cumulative cache per host for all virtual disks. Flash-based Write-back Cache Yes - Using SSDs in Storage Spaces for Write-back Cache. No SAN-like Storage Virtualization using commodity hard disks. Yes ? Included in Windows Server 2012 R2 Storage Spaces. No VMware provides Virtual SAN which is included as an experimental feature in vSphere 5.5.? You can test and experiment with Virtual SAN, but VMware does not expect it to be used in a production environment. Automated Tiered Storage between SSD and HDD using commodity hard disks. Yes ? Included in Windows Server 2012 R2 Storage Spaces. No VMware provides Virtual SAN which is included as an experimental feature in vSphere 5.5.? You can test and experiment with Virtual SAN, but VMware does not expect it to be used in a production environment. Can consume storage via iSCSI, NFS, Fibre Channel and SMB 3.0. Yes Yes ? Except no support for SMB 3.0. Can present storage via iSCSI, NFS and SMB 3.0. Yes ? Available via included iSCSI Target Server, NFS Server and Scale-out SMB 3.0 Server support.? All roles can be clustered for High Availability. No VMware provides vSphere Storage Appliance as a separately licensed product to deliver the ability to present NFS storage. Storage Multipathing Yes ? via MPIO and SMB Multichannel Yes ? via VAMP SAN Offload Capability Yes ? via ODX Yes ? via VAAI Thin Provisioning and Trim Storage Yes ? Available via Storage Spaces Thin Provisioning and NTFS Trim Notifications. Yes ? but trim operations must be manually processed by running esxcli vmfs unmap command to reclaim disk space. Storage Encryption Yes ? via BitLocker No Deduplication of storage used by running VMs Yes ? Available via included Data Deduplication role service. No Provision VM Storage based on Storage Classifications Yes ? via Storage Classifications in System Center 2012 R2 Yes ? via Storage Policies, formerly called Storage Profiles, in vCenter Server 5.5 Dynamically balance and re-balance storage load based on demands Yes ? Storage IO load balancing and re-balancing is automatically handled on-demand by both SMB 3.0 Scale Out File Server and Automated Storage Tiers in Storage Spaces. Yes ? Performed via Storage DRS, but limited in load-balancing frequency.? The default DRS load-balance interval only runs at 8-hour intervals and can be adjusted to run load-balancing only as often as every 1-hour. Integrated Provisioning and Management of Shared Storage Yes - System Center 2012 R2 VMM includes storage provisioning and management of SAN Zoning, LUNS and Clustered Storage Servers. No Networking: At-a-Glance Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2? + System Center 2012 R2 Datacenter Editions VMware vSphere 5.5 Enterprise Plus + vCenter Server 5.5 Notes Distributed Switches across Hosts Yes ? Supported by Logical Switches in System Center 2012 R2 Yes Extensible Virtual Switches Yes - Several partners offer extensions today, such as?Cisco, NEC, Inmon and 5nine. Windows Server 2012 R2 offers new support for co-existence of Network Virtualization and Switch Extensions. Replaceable, not extensible - VMware virtual switch is replaceable, not incrementally extensible with multiple 3rd party solutions concurrently NIC Teaming Yes ? Up to 32 NICs per NIC Team.? Windows Server 2012 R2 provides new Dynamic Load Balancing mode using flowlets to provide efficient load balancing even between a small number of hosts. Yes ? Up to 32 NICs per Link Aggregation Group Private VLANs (PVLAN) Yes Yes ARP Spoofing Protection Yes No ? Requires additional purchase of vCloud Network and Security (vCNS) or vCloud Suite. DHCP Snooping Protection Yes No ? Requires additional purchase of vCloud Network and Security (vCNS) or vCloud Suite. Router Advertisement Guard Protection Yes No ? Requires additional purchase of vCloud Network and Security (vCNS) or vCloud Suite. Virtual Port ACLs Yes - Windows Server 2012 R2 adds support for Extended ACLs that include Protocol,?Src/Dst Ports, State,?Timeout & Isolation ID Yes - via new Traffic Filtering and Marking policies in vSphere 5.5 distributed switches Trunk Mode to VMs Yes Yes Port Monitoring Yes Yes Port Mirroring Yes Yes Dynamic Virtual Machine Queue Yes Yes IPsec Task Offload Yes No Single Root IO Virtualization (SR-IOV) Yes Yes ? SR-IOV is supported by vSphere 5.5 Enterprise Plus, but without support for vMotion, Highly Available VMs or VMware FT when using SR-IOV. Virtual Receive Side Scaling ( Virtual RSS ) Yes Yes ( VMXNet3 ) Network Quality of Service Yes Yes Network Virtualization Yes ? Provided via?Hyper-V Network Virtualization based on NVGRE protocol and in-box Site-to-Site NVGRE Gateway. No ? Requires additional purchase of VMware NSX Integrated Network Management of both Virtual?and Physical Network components Yes ? System Center 2012 R2 VMM supports integrated management of virtual networks, Top-of-Rack (ToR) switches and integrated IP Address Management No Guest Operating Systems: At-a-Glance For this section, I?m defining?Supported Guest Operating Systems as operating systems that are supported by both the virtualization platform vendor and by the operating system vendor.? Below, I?ve listed the latest common versions of major Windows and Linux operating systems that I've seen used in business environments of all sizes over the years, including SMB, Enterprise and hosting partner organizations.? I've included?the support status for each operating system along with relevant notes where helpful. If you?re looking for the full list of Guest Operating Systems supported by each platform, you can find the full details at the following locations: Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2? + System Center 2012 R2 Datacenter Editions VMware vSphere 5.5 Enterprise Plus + vCenter Server 5.5 Notes Windows Server 2012 R2 Yes Yes Windows 8.1 Yes Yes Windows Server 2012 Yes Yes Windows 8 Yes Yes Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 Yes Yes Windows Server 2008 R2 Yes Yes Windows 7 with SP1 Yes Yes Windows 7 Yes Yes Windows Server 2008 SP2 Yes Yes Windows Home Server 2011 Yes No Windows Small Business Server 2011 Yes No Windows Vista with SP2 Yes Yes Windows Server 2003 R2 SP2 Yes Yes Windows Server 2003 SP2 Yes Yes Windows XP with SP3 Yes Yes Windows XP x64 with SP2 Yes Yes CentOS 5.7, 5.8, 6.0 ? 6.4 Yes Yes CentOS Desktop 5.7, 5.8, 6.0 ? 6.4 Yes Yes Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.7, 5.8, 6.0 ? 6.4 Yes Yes Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5.7, 5.8, 6.0 ? 6.4 Yes Yes SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 & SP3 Yes Yes SUS Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 & SP3 Yes Yes OpenSUSE 12.1 Yes Yes Ubuntu 12.04, 12.10, 13.10 Yes Yes ? Currently 13.04 in the 13.x distros Ubuntu Desktop 12.04, 12.10, 13.10 Yes Yes ? Currently 13.04 in the 13.x distros Oracle Linux 6.4 Yes ? Oracle has certified its supported products to run on Hyper-V and Windows Azure Yes ? However, per this Oracle article,?Oracle has not certified any of its products to run on VMware. Oracle will only provide support for issues that are either known to occur on the native OS, or can be demonstrated not to be as a result of running on VMware. Mac OS X 10.7.x & 10.8.x No Yes - However, see note to the right.? Based on current Apple EULA, this configuration may not be legally permitted in your environment. Note that according to the Apple EULA for Mac OS X, it is not permitted to install Mac OS X on any platform that is not Apple-branded hardware. If you choose to virtualize Mac OS X on non-Apple hardware platforms, it's my understanding that you're violating the terms of the Apple EULA. Sun Solaris 10 No Yes ? However, per this?Oracle article, Oracle?has not certified any of its products to run on VMware. Oracle will only provide support for issues that are either known to occur on the native OS, or can be demonstrated not to be as a result of running on VMware. In terms of Guest Operating System choices ... It?s somewhat of a draw in this area, as the best choice for you really depends upon which Guest Operating Systems you are actually using in your environment. If you are primarily using the latest past few versions of common Windows and Linux operating systems in your shop, either platform?probably nicely supports your required mix of Guest Operating Systems.? However, if you?re still using older legacy versions?or specialized versions of some operating systems, you may need to more closely review the full compatibility lists for each platform using the links provided above.? When evaluating Guest Operating System support for virtualization platforms, remember to also check with the Operating System vendor to ensure that the OS in question also meets their support and licensing policies. Managing Heterogeneous Hypervisor Environments In?certain scenarios, you may find that a mix of virtualization platforms is needed to cost-effectively support all the features and Guest Operating Systems for which you?re looking, in which case you?ll be pleased to find that Microsoft System Center 2012 R2 also supports Private Cloud management across heterogeneous hypervisors, including Hyper-V, VMware vSphere and Citrix XenServer.? For more details on managing VMware vSphere and Citrix XenServer hypervisors with Microsoft System Center 2012 R2, be sure to check out the following articles: In Summary ? As you can see, both Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 / System Center 2012 R2 and VMware vSphere 5.5 offer lots of enterprise-grade virtualization features.? Hopefully this comparison was useful to you in more granularly evaluating each platform for your environment. Which virtualization platform scored higher for your needs? Please share your results in the comments section below! Are there additional features that I missed in the list above? Feel free to leave your comments below with the virtualization and Private Cloud features that you?d like to see added to this comparison. Do you have additional specific details to add or specific corrections to suggest? Feel free to leave your suggestions below as well with a link to validate the information that you?d like to see added or updated. Additional resources you may also be interested in ? Keith Mayer is a Technical Evangelist at Microsoft focused on Windows Infrastructure, Data Center Virtualization, Systems Management and Private Cloud. Keith has over 17 years of experience as a technical leader of complex IT projects, in diverse roles, such as Network Engineer, IT Manager, Technical Instructor and Consultant. He has consulted and trained thousands of IT professionals worldwide on the design and implementation of enterprise technology solutions. Keith is currently certified on several Microsoft technologies, including System Center, Hyper-V, Windows, Windows Server, SharePoint and Exchange. He also holds other industry certifications from IBM, Cisco, Citrix, HP, CheckPoint, CompTIA and Interwoven. Keith is the author of the IT Pros ROCK! Blog on Microsoft TechNet, voted as one of the Top 50 "Must Read" IT Blogs. Keith also manages the Windows Server 2012 "Early Experts" Challenge - a FREE online study group for IT Pros interested in studying and preparing for certification on Windows Server 2012. Join us and become the next "Early Expert"!
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Key Syria Islamist rebels say do not recognise National Coalition

BEIRUT (AFP) - Key Syrian Islamist rebel groups said late Tuesday that they do not recognise any foreign-based opposition group including the National Coalition.

"The National Coalition and the proposed government under (recently chosen) Ahmad Tomeh does not represent us, nor do we recognise it," said 13 of Syria's most powerful Islamist rebel groups.

The groups include members of the main rebel Free Syrian Army and more radical Islamists.

Among the signatories are Liwa al-Tawhid, the main rebel force in the northern province of Aleppo, and the jihadist Al-Nusra Front.

The radical but non-jihadist Ahrar al-Sham also signed on, as did the 19th Division, a significant but relatively new addition to the mainstream FSA.

In their joint statement, they also called for Islamic law to be applied.

"These forces call on all military and civilian groups to unite in a clear Islamic context that... is based on sharia (Islamic) law, making it the sole source of legislation," they said.

They called for "unity" and "to reject division... putting the interest of the (Islamic) nation over the interest of (each) group".

The statement comes amid an escalation of violence pitting fighters from various factions across the rebel spectrum against the Al-Qaeda front group, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/key-syria-islamist-rebels-not-recognise-national-coalition-222754171.html

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Fans Waiting in Digital Line for Samsung Galaxy S4 Move Up by Tweeting

Here's a pretty clever new chapter in Samsung's long-running mockery of Apple line-waiters. For the launch of the Galaxy S4, New Zealand agency Colenso BBDO created a "Smart Phone Line"?a digital queue that fans could join and then move up in line by posting in social media about the phone. A large screen in Auckland actually showed the avatars waiting in line, sharing tweets in real time and skipping ahead. (The fan who worked his or her way to the very front of the line by launch got a free S4.) As a subtle jab to Apple fanboys notoriously willing to endure anything for a new iPhone, Samsung's virtual line-waiters curled up into sleeping bags at night and put up umbrellas when it rained. Watch the case study below to see how it worked and hear the results. Via Ads of the World.

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Typhoon Usagi kills at least 25 in China

Typhoon Usagi has killed at least 25 people after crashing ashore in southern China, throwing the region's transport systems into chaos and leaving tens of thousands of airline passengers stranded in Hong Kong.

Schools and businesses are shut on Monday as activity in the normally teeming financial hub slowed to a crawl after Usagi punched a long swathe of Chinese coast with torrential rain and winds of up to 165km/h during the night.

The deaths were reported by Chinese state media after Usagi - which meteorologists say is the world's most powerful storm this year - made landfall in Guangdong province northeast of Hong Kong on Sunday evening, prompting the highest level of alert from the National Meteorological Centre.

The reports by Xinhua news agency and CCTV did not say how the 25 people were killed but said all the deaths were in Guangdong after the typhoon brought down trees and damaged roads.

Bullet trains from Guangzhou city to Beijing are suspended and Xinhua says winds are strong enough near Shanwei to blow cars off the road. More than 47,000 fishing boats were in harbour and schools are closed in 14 coastal cities.

Usagi had previously killed two people in the Philippines and unleashed landslides and power outages across southern Taiwan at the weekend as it ploughed through the Luzon Strait with ferocious winds and heavy downpours.

Monsoon rains exacerbated by Usagi brought flooding on Monday to the Philippine capital Manila and nearby provinces.

As the typhoon bore down on Hong Kong, operators shut down one of the world's busiest sea ports and nearly 450 flights were either cancelled or delayed as Cathay Pacific and other airlines imposed pre-emptive suspensions.

The Observatory says it's the strongest typhoon to brush Hong Kong since 1979. Tens of thousands of people had their travel plans upended with ferries and trains also disrupted, while Cathay said it expected flights to start resuming only from noon (1400 AEST) on Monday.

Source: http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2013/09/23/typhoon-usagi-kills-least-25-china

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LFL PROJECTED TO EXCEED NFL IN REACH OF INTERNATIONAL TV HOUSEHOLDS | LFL360.com...

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German Bilfinger says to axe 1,250 jobs worldwide

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - German construction and industrial services group Bilfinger SE plans to cut 1,250 jobs worldwide, or just under 2 percent of its workforce, over the next two years as it seeks to cut sales and administration costs.

From 2015, the job cuts would save up to 90 million euros ($122 million) in personnel costs as well as a low to mid-double digit million euro amount in non-personnel costs, the company said in a statement on Thursday.

Bilfinger had just under 67,000 employees at the end of 2012.

($1 = 0.7384 euros)

(Reporting by Jonathan Gould; Editing by Victoria Bryan)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/german-bilfinger-says-axe-1-250-jobs-worldwide-192117509--finance.html

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NVIDIA Tegra Note: the Tegra 4-powered, stylus-endowed tablets arrive next month starting at $199

As a follow to NVIDIA's Tegra 3 reference design for tablets, the company is now unveiling a more ambitious platform known as Tegra Note that leverages the Tegra 4, supports stylus input and provides new multimedia features. Like Project Kai, tablets based on the Tegra Note platform carry a suggested retail price of $199, but pricing is ultimately up to NVIDIA's manufacturing partners and their various hardware configurations.

If this all sounds a bit familiar to you, it should. We first saw signs of NVIDIA's new tablet platform when it appeared as the Tegra Tab at the FCC, and then again in subsequent leaks. Manufacturers can easily apply their name to the reference enclosure, which houses front-facing speakers, a 7-inch, 1,280 x 800 IPS display and a VGA webcam. Naturally, you're also getting the Tegra 4 SoC, which includes a quad-core Cortex-A15 CPU, a 72-core GeForce GPU and advanced imaging features under the Chimera architecture. Other specs will depend on manufacturers, which could include a 5-megapixel rear camera, a microSD slot, a micro-HDMI port and a built-in stylus that offers both chisel and brush tips.

Along with the hardware reference design, NVIDIA is also including Camera Awesome from SmugMug and TegraZone in the Tegra Note platform (along with stylus-enabled apps on appropriate models), and it's even managing the Android system updates. You can expect the first of these Tegra Note tablets to hit shelves in October from the likes of EVGA, PNY and ZOTAC, along with a full line of accessories that include covers and interchangeable stylus tips.

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Olympic College hosting Homeland Security training exercise active shooter on campus scenario

BREMERTON ??Olympic College will host and participate in a homeland security training exercise on Friday, Sept. 20, for an ?active shooter on campus? scenario, with the support of local law enforcement agencies, Kitsap County fire districts, Harrison Medical Center, The Washington State Youth Academy and Kitsap County Emergency Management.

Olympic College will begin setting up Thursday afternoon, Sept.19.?The exercise will start at 6 a.m. Friday morning and conclude by 3 p.m.? Activity will be centered inside the Science and Technology building, but the entire Bremerton Campus will be impacted.

During this exercise,?simulated weapons will be used, which are as loud as normal gunfire, along with more than 100 actors in full makeup, replicating injuries and casualties. A large presence of law enforcement, emergency medical services and fire services will be staged in advance all around the Bremerton campus.

The exercise area will be clearly marked with caution tape to control scene access and ensure participant safety

The purpose of the exercise is to improve responder readiness and response at all levels to a mass casualty event. With continued cases of school violence across our nation, it is imperative for schools to anticipate and prepare for any type of incident.

?The opportunity to design this type of exercise and practice with over 300 responders, players, and actors is unique to this area and we are gratified for the support of Olympic College, our volunteers and the many participating agencies of Kitsap County? said Mike Gordon, interim director, Kitsap County Emergency Management.

?Collaboration with local agenciesenhances not only the safety and security of our students and employees but institutions throughout the region and our surrounding communities,? said Olympic College President David Mitchell.

?The colleges? intent is not to alarm or frighten students and staff but to prepare them to respond. Students and staff have learned how to respond to fire and severe weather alerts, they also need to be aware of this type of event.? said Mitchell

Olympic College works closely with its local law enforcement agencies as collaboration facilitates better responses and in many instances, can successfully address a situation before it happens.

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[unable to retrieve full-text content]Engineers have developed a new approach to the fabrication of nanostructures for the semiconductor and magnetic storage industries. This approach combines advanced ink-jet printing technology with self-assembling block copolymers.

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Weather, yield compared for horticultural crops in Wisconsin, southern Ontario

Public release date: 16-Sep-2013
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Comparison of 55 years of data emphasizes need for breeding heat-tolerant vegetables

GUELPH, ON, CANADA -- Because Wisconsin and Ontario are similar in terms of agricultural practices, types of vegetable crops produced, climate, and latitude, researchers in Ontario looked to data from Wisconsin when comparing the long-term effects of climate on vegetable crop yield. According to researchers from the University of Guelph (Ontario, Canada), the length of the growing season is similar in the two locations, so growing conditions and yields could also be similar. Michael Tesfaendrias, Mary Ruth McDonald, and Jon Warland published the results of their extensive study in the July 2013 issue of HortScience.

"To study the effects of weather, we examined yield data of the major vegetable crops by county and county weather data for a 55-year period from Wisconsin," explained the study's lead author Michael Tesfaendrias. The study was designed to determine the associations between long-term weather and yield of 11 horticultural crops and one field crop in Wisconsin, and to determine if the relationships between weather and yields identified in Ontario were similar for vegetable crops in Wisconsin. The team used yield data obtained from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) in Wisconsin for beet, cabbage, carrot, cucumber, green pea, onion, potato, snap bean, sweet corn, and grain corn.

The data revealed several similarities between the long-term weather in Wisconsin and Ontario. The number of days with rainfall and the mean season temperatures showed the strongest relationships. "Among the weather parameters that were examined to determine their impact on vegetable crop yield in Wisconsin, the number of hot days during the growing season was the most important factor," the scientists reported. Yields of most of the crops evaluated were affected by the number of hot days in June, July, and August.

When the team looked at rainfall data, they determined that the number of days with rainfall was more important than the total monthly rainfall. With the exception of beets, the yield of crops in the study was unaffected by the total number of days with rain during the growing season. The yields of beets in Wisconsin and green pea in both Wisconsin and Ontario increased with increasing total growing season rainfall.

"The number of days with hot temperatures, especially during July and August, emerged as the most important environmental factor that should be measured to estimate yields of vegetable crops," the researchers said. Noting that high temperatures can be challenging to modify, the authors recommended that growers could reduce the irrigation interval during hot days to prevent heat stress. "This study emphasizes the importance of breeding vegetable crops for heat tolerance," they said.

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The complete study and abstract are available on the ASHS HortScience electronic journal web site: http://hortsci.ashspublications.org/content/48/7/863.abstract

Founded in 1903, the American Society for Horticultural Science (ASHS) is the largest organization dedicated to advancing all facets of horticultural research, education, and application. More information at ashs.org

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Comparison of 55 years of data emphasizes need for breeding heat-tolerant vegetables

GUELPH, ON, CANADA -- Because Wisconsin and Ontario are similar in terms of agricultural practices, types of vegetable crops produced, climate, and latitude, researchers in Ontario looked to data from Wisconsin when comparing the long-term effects of climate on vegetable crop yield. According to researchers from the University of Guelph (Ontario, Canada), the length of the growing season is similar in the two locations, so growing conditions and yields could also be similar. Michael Tesfaendrias, Mary Ruth McDonald, and Jon Warland published the results of their extensive study in the July 2013 issue of HortScience.

"To study the effects of weather, we examined yield data of the major vegetable crops by county and county weather data for a 55-year period from Wisconsin," explained the study's lead author Michael Tesfaendrias. The study was designed to determine the associations between long-term weather and yield of 11 horticultural crops and one field crop in Wisconsin, and to determine if the relationships between weather and yields identified in Ontario were similar for vegetable crops in Wisconsin. The team used yield data obtained from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) in Wisconsin for beet, cabbage, carrot, cucumber, green pea, onion, potato, snap bean, sweet corn, and grain corn.

The data revealed several similarities between the long-term weather in Wisconsin and Ontario. The number of days with rainfall and the mean season temperatures showed the strongest relationships. "Among the weather parameters that were examined to determine their impact on vegetable crop yield in Wisconsin, the number of hot days during the growing season was the most important factor," the scientists reported. Yields of most of the crops evaluated were affected by the number of hot days in June, July, and August.

When the team looked at rainfall data, they determined that the number of days with rainfall was more important than the total monthly rainfall. With the exception of beets, the yield of crops in the study was unaffected by the total number of days with rain during the growing season. The yields of beets in Wisconsin and green pea in both Wisconsin and Ontario increased with increasing total growing season rainfall.

"The number of days with hot temperatures, especially during July and August, emerged as the most important environmental factor that should be measured to estimate yields of vegetable crops," the researchers said. Noting that high temperatures can be challenging to modify, the authors recommended that growers could reduce the irrigation interval during hot days to prevent heat stress. "This study emphasizes the importance of breeding vegetable crops for heat tolerance," they said.

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The complete study and abstract are available on the ASHS HortScience electronic journal web site: http://hortsci.ashspublications.org/content/48/7/863.abstract

Founded in 1903, the American Society for Horticultural Science (ASHS) is the largest organization dedicated to advancing all facets of horticultural research, education, and application. More information at ashs.org

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High school cross country, golf, soccer, tennis and volleyball box scores and highlights for Saturday, Sept. 14, 2013

CLEVELAND, Ohio ? Here are box scores and highlights in cross country, boys and girls golf, boys and girls soccer, girls tennis and volleyball?from Saturday, Sept. 14, 2013.

BOYS CROSS COUNTRY

McDONOUGH INVITATIONAL

BOYS BLUE DIVISION

How they finished:? 1. Chagrin Falls 47; 2. Archbishop Hoban 74; 3. Western Reserve 89; 4. Padua 131;?5. Lake Catholic 137; 6. Holy Name 185; 7. University School 192; 8. West Geauga 209; 9. Benedictine 214;

Top Individuals:? 1. Bistritz (CF) 16:50; 2. Horgan (WR) 17:02; 3. Pritchard (L) 17:14; 4. Brennan (AH) 17:20; 5. DePauw (HN) 17:41; 6. Onders (US) 17:42; 7. Rose (CF) 17:48; 8. Karyo (CF) 17:51; 9. McGough (AH) 17:55; 10. Terschak (HN) 18:04.

BOYS RED DIVISION

How they finished:? 1. Howland 24; 2. North Royalton 74; 3. Lakewood 76; 4. North Olmsted 117;?5. Lakeside 151; 6. Willoughby South 178; 7. Parma 206; 8. Solon 217; 9. Cleveland Heights 255; 10. Brush 287; 11. St. Edward 343; 12. Euclid 355; 13. Garfield Heights 358; 14. Shaw 408; 15. Bedford 437; 16. Valley Forge 442; 17. Lincoln West 521;

Top Individuals:? 1. Sullivan (H) 15:54; 2. Petrilla (H) 16:22; 3. Boatman (Lakew) 16:27; 4. Dotson (H) 16:47; 5. Whetro (Lakes) 17:11; 6. Vonderau (P) 17:11; 7. Cole (H) 17:19; 8. Gregory (Lakew) 17:27; 9. Rohozen (NR)17:28; 10. Neff (H) 17:35.

SPARTAN INVITATIONAL

DIVISION I

Team Standings

1. Olentangy Liberty 111; 2. Boardman 147; 3. Louisville 150; 4. North Allegheny 150; 5. Chardon 184; 6. Uniontown Lake 210; 7. Twinsburg 228; 8. Mentor 229; 9. GlenOak 250; 10. Hudson 252.

Individuals

1. Hadley, Boardman, 15:07.8; 2. Elswick, Chardon, 15:08.7; 3. Crichlow, Twinsburg, 15:33.7; 4. Johnston, Liberty, 15:37.5; 5. May, Hudson, 15:39.1; 6. Kernell, Uniontown Lake, 15:58.2; 7. White, Wooster, 15:59.9; 8. McGoey, North Allegheny, 16:00.2; 9. Leitch, Jerome, 16:02.1; 10. Burns, Boardman, 16:10.4.

DIVISION II

Team Standings

1. Cuyahoga Valley Christian Academy 99; 2. St. Vincent-St. Mary 123; 3. Bay 142; 4. Woodridge 148; 5. Marlington 169; 6. Notre Dame-Cathedral Latin 215; 7. Erie Cathedral Prep 218; 8. Field 240; 9. Crestwood 352; 10. Lakeview 366.

Individuals

1. Bockoven, CVCA, 16:19.0; 2. Adams, CVCA, 16:19.0; 3. Raybuck, Marlington, 16:24.9; 4. Berger, Northwestern, 16:40.1; 5. Gessic, Perry, 16:51.3; 6. Edie, Lakeview, 16:57.4; 7. Kloecker, Cathedral Prep, 17:02; 8. Lemay, Ash. Edgewood, 17:02.4; 9. Rossetti, SVSM, 17:02.8; 10. Conroy, Field, 17:03.8.

DIVISION III

Team Standings

1. Maplewood 71; 2. Gilmour 84; 3. McDonald 91; 4. Berkshire 140; 5. St. Thomas Aquinas 150; 6. Independence 184; 7. Fort Frye 195; 8. Smithville 307; 9. Rootstown 337; 10. United Local 352.

Individuals

1. Johnson, McDonald, 15:57.0; 2. Dahmen, Maplewood, 16:25.8; 3. Clapacs, Gil, 16:27.6; 4. Smith, Mineral Ridge, 16:35.8; 5. Brett, Gil, 16:38.; 6. Toder, Maplewood, 16:40.7; 7. Weiner, Smithville, 16:43.2; 8. Anderson, Fort Frye, 16:45.6; 9. Polman, Ind, 16:49.3; 10. Morrison, Maplewood, 17:00.5.

GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY

McDONOUGH INVITATIONAL

GIRLS BLUE DIVISION

How they finished:? 1. Chagrin Falls 45; 2. Beaumont 79; 3. Lake Catholic 137; 4. Padua 140;?5. Archbishop Hoban 141; 6. Holy Name 154; 7. West Geauga 157; 8. Laurel 193; 9. Wickliffe 260; 10. Buchtel 277; 11. Fairview Park 293; 12. Vermilion 295; 13. Clearview 314; 14. Andrews Osborne 362; 15. St. Martin DePorres 401.

Top Individuals: 1. Frego (AH) 20:14; 2. Dustin (CF) 20:43; 3. Tasdemarco (Be) 20:47; 4. Deruytter (CF) 21:02; 5. Owen (CF) 21:02; 6. Kolenz (HN) 21:15; 7. Bull (LC) 21:24; 8. Moyse (CF) 21:26; 9. Bialosky (P) 21:29; 10. Domen (LC) 21:30.

GIRLS RED DIVISION

How they finished:? 1. Walsh Jesuit 48; 2. Rocky River 95; 3. Solon 102; 4. Medina 110;?5. North Royalton 126; 6. Howland 148; 7. Lakewood 153;? 8. North Olmsted 204; 9. Lakeside 245; 10. St. Joseph Academy 251; 11. St. Joseph Academy B 289; 12. Willoughby South 334; 13. Magnificat? 362; 14. Brush 453; 15. Valley Forge 457; 16. Garfield Heights 474; 17. Parma 492; 18. John Hay 543; 19. Shaw 559.

Top Individuals:? 1. Wise (S)18:51; 2. Renaurt (WJ) 18:525; 3. Barrientos (Lakes) 19:40; 4. Onders (WJ) 19:43; 5. Brandt (RR) 19:48; 6. Palmer (NR) 19:57; 7. Buckley (H) 19:59; 8. Sandridge (So) 20:06; 9. Lenz (WJ) 20:06; 10. Bierut (RR) 20:20.

SPARTAN INVITATIONAL

DIVISION I

Team Standings

1. North Allegheny 114; 2. Nordonia 146; 3. Brunswick 165; 4. Canton GlenOak 197; 5. Hudson 210; 6. Brecksville-Broadview Heights 235; 7. Boardman 250; 8. Massillon Jackson 298; 9. Mentor 326; 10. Aurora 340.

Individuals

1. Davison, N.Allegheny, 18:22.6; 2. Szivan, Amherst, 19:23.3; 3. Vasarhelyi, Nordonia, 19:25.4; 4. Binczyk, Shaker, 19:26.5; 5. Murray, Kent Roosevelt, 19:28.0; 6. Alm, Hampton, 19:29.3; 7. Pasadyn, Brun, 19:30.2; 8. Cook, Brecksville, 19:31.3; 9. Grantonic, Boardman, 19:36.0; 10. Jenkins, Austintown-Fitch, 19:37.7.

DIVISION II

Team Standings

1. St. Vincent-St. Mary 44; 2. Bay 58; 3. Woodridge 114; 4. Villa Maria Academy 121; 5. Crestwood 187; 6. Marlington 255; 7. Claymont 278; 8. Field 279; 9. Cuyahoga Valley Christian Academy 306; 10. Moon Area 307.

Individuals

1. Britton, Bay, 19:15.0; 2. Iacofano, SVSM, 19:16.1; 3. Mendiola, SVSM, 19:18.8; 4. Cusimano, Bay, 19:19; 5. Prichard, Villa Maria, 19:26.5; 6. Spreitzer, Woodridge, 19:32.2; 7. Deering, Geneva, 19:35.8; 8. Christel, Bay, 19:43.3; 9. Brady, SVSM, 19:43.7; 10. Soltisz, Crestwood, 19:49.1.

DIVISION III

Team Standings

1. Gilmour 39; 2. St. Thomas Aquinas 77; 3. McDonald 118; 4. Independence 139; 5. Berkshire 151; 6. South Range 155; 7. Fort Frye 221; 8. Hawken 271; 9. Union City 277; 10. Shenango 306.

Individuals

1. Welsh, STA, 19:32.0; 2. Wisniewski, Ind, 19:38.4; 3. Markel, Gil, 19:39.5; 4. Rowley, BC Western Reserve, 19:44.2; 5. Whetstone, Gil, 19:47.7; 6. Hoffman, McDonald, 19:50.2; 7. Dolohanty, Gil, 19:54.9; 8. Soehnlen, STA, 20:04.1; 9. Pierson, South Range, 20:05.0; 10. Zedar, Gil, 20:07.5.

BOYS SOCCER

Hudson 2, Stow 0

H (5-3-1, 1-0-0):?Sullivan, VanDoninck.

Goalies: H, O'Neil (1 save).

Archbishop Hoban 4, Field 0

AH (6-2-0, 1-0-0):?McGee, Thomas, Miller, Naragon.?F (3-1-0).

Goalies: AH, Markowski (2 saves); F, Green (15).

Mentor 0, Aurora 0

Goalies: M, Markiewicz (3 saves); A, Paulick (5).

Wellington 1, Gilmour 0

W (2-3-1) G (3-5)

Goalies: Miller (3 saves) Burlingham ( 1 save)

Lutheran West 2, Brookside 0

LW (6-2, 3-1) B (4-4)

Goalies: Pschock (9 saves) Pierson(? 9 saves)

Notable:?Rood scored a goal with eight minutes left to give Lutheran West a 2-0 lead.

Oberlin 5, Brooklyn 1

O:?McMillin, (3) Lariccia, Holt?B:?Abdallah

Goalies: O, Cadenhead (7 saves)? B, Reinecke (13)

Notable:?McMillin got the hat trick for Oberlin with three goals.

Padua 4, Fairview 0

P (4-3-1):?Petrash, Parente, Cario, J. Pullar.?F (5-4).

Goalies: P, O. Pullar (1 save) Stach (1) F: Karliak (6)

St. Edward 2, St. John Jesuit 1

SE: 6-0-3) SJ: 4-2-1

SE: Jonas, Allen?

Goalies: SE, Brown (8 saves) SJ, Karalfa (9)

Hudson 2 Stow-Munroe Falls 0

H: (5-3-1)?Sullivan, VanDoninck.

Goalies: H, ONeil (1 save)

Hiland 2, Western Reserve 0

H (5-3):?Herrera (2)?WR (5-2).

Goalies: H, Raber (2 saves) Hochstetler (2) WR, Blanda (2)

Eastlake North 1 Berea-Midpark 0

EN (5-4, 3-0):?Turner?BM (3-2-3).

Goalies: EN, Vidovic (8 saves) BM, Barkek (6)

Elyra Catholic 7 North Olmsted 2

EC:?Jarvis 2, Halloran 2, Sadler 2, Janosik?NO:?Spanu, Medley

Goalies: EC, Conroy (7 saves) NO, Gajowski (7) Kamenos (3).

North Royalton 4 Willoughby South 0

NR: Smigel (3) Grida?

Goalies: NR: Fikar (7 saves) WS: Oress (10 saves)

Strongville 8 Amherst 0

S (3-4-1):?Labbator (3), Burgoa (2), Ludwig, Hayes, Anderson?A (2-6-1).

Goalies: S, Laurell (2 saves) Schulte (1) A, Lewis (14)

St. Francis 2 St. Vincent-St Mary 1

SF (5-2):?Martin, Krieten.?SVSM (3-5-1): Dages.

Goalies: SF, Baughman (7 saves) SVSM, Ratsavong (8)

Copley 2, Cuyahoga Valley Christian Academy 1

C:?Maselli, Brennan?CVCA: Horth

Goalies: C, Mubarak (5 saves), Bentlage (1)?CVCA: Winquist (3).

GIRLS SOCCER

Hudson 2, Copley 0

H (7-1-0, 1-0-0):?McIsaac, Waters.?C (5-3-1).

Goalies: H, L'Hommedieu (2 saves), C, Moore (7).

Firelands 8, Columbia 0

F (3-3-1, 2-3-0):?Melendez, Hritsko, Riccardi, Johns, Mains, Holowecky, Wells, Bari.?C (1-5-1).

Goalies: F, Melendez (3 saves), Willis (1); C, Paine (9).

Buckeye 4, Keystone 2

B (7-1-1, 4-0-1):?N. Barnes 3, S. Barnes.?K (3-4-1, 2-2-1):?Yusko, Quillen.

Goalies: B, Stacy (1 save); K, Clark (8).

Clear Fork 7, Norwalk 0

CF (6-2-0):?Swihart 2, Crill, Helinski 4.?N (2-5-1).

Goalies: CF, Bailey (3 saves), Oswalt (2); N, Gilson (8).

Jackson 1, Strongsville 0

J (6-1-1):?Bender.?S (3-3-1).?

Goalies: J, Kinsbury (8 saves); S, Ortenzi (4), Baskey (2).

Brookside 2, Lutheran West 0

B (5-3-2):?Sours (2);?L (3-6).

Goalies: B Sanches (1 save). LW: Collozo (6)

Clear Fork High School 7,? Norwalk High School 0

CF: (6-2, 3-0)?Helinski, (4) Swihart, (2) Crill.?N: (2-5-1).

Goalies: CF: Bailey (4 saves) Oswalt (3).

Avon Lake 0, Northview 0

A: (0-7-1). N: ((2-3-3)

Goalies: A: Crooks (7 saves) Duwve (2 saves)?

Fairview l 7,? Independence 0

F: (5-1-2-6)?

F: Coyne, (3) Klag, (2) Strandahl,? Tin

Goalies: F: Lally (3 saves) I: Defini (3 saves)

Brecksville 1,? North Olmsted 0

B (3-5):?Foster

Goalies: B: Farwell (3 saves) NO: Boryka (4) Patterson (2)

Highland 3,? Louisville 2

H: (6-2-1):?Koch, Cain,Schniegenberg?L: (8-1)?Baughman (2)

Goalies: H: Less (2 saves) L: Springman (4)

Archbishop Hoban 4, ?Ontario 2

AH: (8-0-1)?Huckabee, Sheldon, Zingale, Easton.?O: (6-1-0)?Papst, Brokaw.

Goalies: AH: Diestel (4 saves) O: Beech (5)

Notre Dame-Cathedral Latin 3,? Willoughby South 0

NDCL: (4-3-1)?Zidarsic, Hess, Forte.

Goalies: NDCL: Moorman (4 saves)?

Bay 1, Canfield 1

B: (6-0-3)?Pohlkamp?C: (5-1-1)?Bidinotto

Goalies: B: Grisnik (7 saves)? C: Villano (5)

Nordonia 3, Kenston 0

N: Lanese (2), Karalic

Goalies: N: Allen (2 saves) K: Newcomb (6)

Gilmour 2, Elyria Catholic 1

G (5-2-1):?Harrington, Janasek.?EC (6-1-1):?Dziak.

Goalies: G, Porter (8 saves); EC, Holbrook (5).

Notable:?With the victory, Gilmour ended Elyria Catholic?s 20-game unbeaten streak at home.

Stow 3, North Canton Hoover 1

S (4-4):?K.Keller, Norton, Thompson.?NCH:?Herrera.

Goalies: S, Green (4 saves); NCH, Sarbaugh (7).

Walsh Jesuit 0, Dublin Coffman 0

WJ (8-0-1):?none.?DC (6-1-1):?none.

Goalies: WJ, DiMarchi (5 saves); DC, Witchey (7).

GIRLS TENNIS

NOTRE DAME-CATHEDRAL LATIN TOURNAMENT

How they finished:?1. Notre Dame-Cathedral Latin 20; 2. Edgewood 11; 3. Euclid 10; 4. Chardon 9.

Singles: Zolikoff (NDCL) d. Wilson (Eu); G. Misiti (NDCL) d. Dickey (Ed); Miller (NDCL) d. Adams (Ed).

Doubles: A. Carlozzi/B. Carlozzi (NDCL) d. Massaro/Braden (Ed); Brokamp/O. Misiti (NDCL) d. Workman/McGraw (Eu).

Columbus Watterson 3, Magnificat 2?

Singles:?Ghidotti (W) d. Witt 7-5, 6-4; O'Malley (M) d. Brown 6-2, 6-2; Moran (M) d. Jonesco 6-3, 6-1

Doubles:?Jerich/Godbout (W) d. Manimbo/Harvey 5-7, 6-3, 6-1; SimmonsMiller (W) d. Faranacci/Lawless 6-3,3-6,6-4.

Magnificat 4,?Upper Arlington?1

Singles:?Witt (M) d. Berger 6-1, retired; O'Malley (M) d. Jung 6-2,6-2; Moran (M) d. Weeks 6-1,6-0

Doubles: Ganther/Reynolds (UA) d. Manimbo/Harvey 6-1,6-2; Faranacci/Lawless (M) d. Flitcraft/Shoedinger 6-1,6-1.

VOLLEYBALL

WESTLAKE QUAD

Midview d. Westlake 25-16, 25-16

Notre Dame-Cathedral Latin d. Midview 18-25, 16-25

Chardon d. Midview 23-25, 25-22, 23-25

Notre Dame-Cathedral Latin d. Charton 25-18, 25-14

Chardon d. Westlake 25-13, 25-21

Notable: For Midview, Meghan Higley was 144/148 setting with 36 assists, 6 blocks and 25 digs. For Chardon, Hannah Love had 17 points,14 kills and 11digs.

FIELD INVITATIONAL

Archbishop Hoban d. Fairless 25-12 25-13

Archbishop Hoban d. Aurora 26-24, 20-25, 25-22

Canton Central Catholic d. Archbishop Hoban 25-12, 16-25, 25-16

Aurora d. Western Reserve Academy 25-14, 25-13

Aurora d. Field 25-16, 25-19

Notable:?For Aurora, Karly Mitch had 48 digs and Carly Cabot had 50 assists.

FAIRVIEW TRI-MATCH

Fairview d. Valley Forge 25-17, 25-23

Berea-Midpark d. Valley Forge 24-26, 25-22, 25-13

Fairview d. Berea-Midpark 25-19, 25-13

LAKE TOURNEY

Hudson d. Copley 25-21, 25-19

Notable: Alyssa Disandis led Hudson with 29 assists.

Hudson d. Louisville 25-17, 25-20

Notable: Jordan Mackay led Hudson with 11 kills

Lakeview d. Hudson 25-23, 25-23

MAGNIFICAT TRI-MATCH

Mount Notre Dame d. Magnificat 25-21, 22-25, 25-18

Magnificat d. Walsh Jesuit 25-17, 25-11

WELLINGTON QUAD

Lake Ridge d. Wellington 25-20, 25-21

Notable: Abbey Wilgor was big on defense, leading the team with 14 digs.

Lake Ridge d. Mapleton 21-25, 25-21, 25-17

Notable: Sarah Chriss helped lead the offense with 15 assists.

Elyria Catholic d. Clearview 25-19, 24-26, 22-25, 25-13, 15-8

Notable:?For Clearview, Heather Younkin had 15 kills, 12 blocks, 13 digs, 13 points and 1 ace. For EC, Marie Vasitas had 31 assists, 15 points and 4 aces, and Caitlin Rock had 16 kills.

Holy Name d. St. Joseph Academy 26-24, 25-23, 25-19

Notable:?For Holy Name, Katie Dozen hade 27 digs and Kailee Cunningham had 11 kills.

Western Reserve d. Lake Ridge Academy 25-12, 25-16

Source: http://highschoolsports.cleveland.com/news/article/4838671717219818689/high-school-cross-country-golf-soccer-tennis-and-volleyball-box-scores-and-highlights-for-saturday-sept-14-2013/

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