3 Open Source Storage Software Alternatives For Beginners
Build Your Own Storage Solution! Reflecting on my trip to VMworld in 2009, I recall storage was already moving to the forefront of virtualization technologies. Hmm…has much changed in …
Let’s Talk Dirty Shutdowns (NetApp ONTAP Update Problems!)
Are Dirty Shutdowns causing your NetApp ONTAP Update to Loop? In this post, I’ll share what I learned recently about NetApp ONTAP v8.x. Let’s talk “Dirty-Shutdowns!” Beginner Alert: Mark …
Re-Thinking Storage Architecture (Is VSAN A Better Plan For Failures?)
Bullet Proofing Storage! My body still cringes when I remember the moment I heard the news…”The storage crashed!” It was 4 years ago (2010) when I lived through a …
How to Protect Against Data Loss When DB is Virtualized
How’s your data backup doing? Whether your business application stores financial data such as invoices, or PI (personal information) data such as personal or customer records – at the …
Virtual Server DR Strategy for Beginners: Failure Domain
Are all your egg’s in one basket? Keeping all the business critical virtual servers in the same datastore, LUN, or storage volume is a common OVERSIGHT for many IT …
Review: Virtualization Changes Everything (Must Read for Beginners)
VMware Storage Strategies To solve VMware storage problems, you need to understand how virtualization uses your storage, right? And, to design a robust new vSphere from the ground up, …