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The DCOS (Datacenter Operating System) spans all the servers in a physical or cloud-based datacenter, and run on top of any Linux distribution. It is highly adaptable, employing plug-ins for native Linux containers, Docker containers, and other emerging container systems. MORE
Bulgarian software-defined storage maker Storpool adds Cloudstack support and boosted performance, but holds fire on adding enterprise-friendly VMware and Microsoft Hyper-V environments MORE
In December 2016, I kicked off a migration to Linux (from OS X) as my primary laptop OS. In the nearly 4 months since the initial progress report , I’ve published a series of articles providing updates on things like which Linux distribution I selected, how I’m handling running VMs on my Linux laptop, and integration with corporate collaboration systems ( here , here , and here ). Linux Distribution. I’m using Enpass on my OS X, Linux, and iOS devices. MORE
Over the last few weeks, I’ve been sharing various users’ stories about their own personal migration to Linux. If you’ve not read them already, I encourage you to check out part 1 and part 2 of this multi-part series to get a feel for why folks are deciding to switch to Linux, the challenges they faced, and the benefits they’ve seen (so far). This is Brian Hall’s story of switching to Linux. Q: Why did you switch to Linux? Q: Which Linux distribution are you using? MORE
Heavyweight founders bet on wholesale IT shift to object storage, currently domain of cloud Read More MORE
For those of you who may not know Tom, he has been in the IT, data center, data infrastructure, server and storage (as well as […] The post Backup, Big data, Big Data Protection, CMG & More with Tom Becchetti Podcast appeared first on StorageIOblog. In this Server StorageIO podcast episode, I am joined by Tom Becchetti (@tbecchetti) for a Friday afternoon conversation recorded live at Meisters in Scandia Minnesota (thanks to the Meisters crew!). MORE
Ubuntu 16.04, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.8 and Fedora 24 beta bring new open source container, storage and security solutions to the Linux ecosystem Read More. Shared MORE
Some time ago, I introduced you to the idea of Linux network namespaces, and provided an overview of some of the commands needed to interact with network namespaces. I say “incorrectly” because you are able to assign more than just virtual Ethernet interfaces to a Linux network namespace. I hope this additional information on working with Linux network namespaces is useful. A Follow Up on Linux Network Namespaces. Linux Networking CLI MORE
A few months ago, I stumbled across a service called ODrive (“Oh” Drive) that allows you to combine multiple cloud storage services together. Since that time, I’ve been experimenting with ODrive, testing it to see how well it works, if at all, with my Fedora Linux environment. ODrive, if you’re reading this: put some effort into your Linux support and your docs, and you’ll probably get more paying customers.) MORE
Company known for popular enterprise Linux distro gets into open source storage software that runs on commodity servers Read More. Storage open source suse MORE
In December 2016, I kicked off a migration from macOS to Linux as my primary laptop OS. In this post, I’d like to recap where things stand as of December 2018, after 8 months of full-time use of Linux as my primary laptop OS. Readers may recall that I was using a Dell Latitude E7370 (see my E7370 hardware review ) up until August 2017, when I put the Linux migration on hold indefinitely due to productivity concerns. Linux Distribution. MORE
This is part two of a two-part series looking at Microsoft Azure Stack with a focus on my experiences installing Microsoft Azure Stack Technical Preview 3 (TP3) including into a nested VMware vSphere ESXi environment. Read part one here that provides a general overview of Azure Stack. The post Azure Stack TP3 Overview Preview Review Part II appeared first on StorageIOblog. MORE
This is part one of a two-part series looking at Microsoft Azure Stack providing an overview, preview and review. Read part two here that looks at my experiences installing Microsoft Azure Stack Technical Preview 3 (TP3). For those who are not aware, Azure Stack is a private on-premise extension of the Azure public cloud environment. Azure Stack now in technical preview three (e.g. TP3), or what you might also refer to as a beta (get the bits here). MORE
In this post, I’m going to provide a brief introduction to working with Linux containers via LXC. If you aren’t familiar with veth pairs, see my post on Linux network namespaces.). A Brief Introduction to Linux Containers with LXC. Linux Virtualization CLI LXC Ubunt MORE
QDirStat (Linux). It runs on every X11-based desktop on Linux, BSD and other Unix-like systems. The post Hard Drive Space Analyzer for Windows, Linux, and Mac OS appeared first on Information Technology Blog. Free Zone Information Technology Software Storage MORE
I am using Amazon Linux. Also note that Amazon Linux includes a lot of package dependencies (i.e. I won't walk you through the entire process, but select security and storage options that meet your needs. Adam Gerhart. MORE
In this post, I’m going to introduce you to the concept of Linux network namespaces. Generally speaking, an installation of Linux shares a single set of network interfaces and routing table entries. Please note that support for network namespaces varies between Linux distributions; Ubuntu supports them but Red Hat doesn’t. (I’m If you’re thinking about using network namespaces, be sure your Linux distribution includes support. MORE
If you need to boost the speed of data writes to storage on your Linux data center servers, a ramdisk might be what you need. Here's how to create one, mount it, and back it up MORE
Since previously publishing the Quick Start Guide for Building Highly Available Linux Servers in the Cloud on Microsoft Azure , several people have asked me about ways in which Linux workload provisioning can be automated with Azure. Setup a Linux admin workstation. MORE
IBM Server Side Storage I/O SSD Flash Cache Software As I often say, the best server storage I/O or IOP is the one that you do not have to do. The second best storage I/O or IOP is the one with least impact or that can be done in a cost-effective way. Likewise the question […]. MORE
Part II IBM Server Flash Cache Storage I/O accelerator for SSD This is the second in a two-part post series on IBM’s Flash Cache Storage Accelerator (FCSA) for Solid State Device (SSD) storage announced today. You can view part I of the IBM FCSA announcement synopsis here. Some FCSA ssd cache questions and perspectives What […]. MORE
There are different reasons for benchmarking, such as, you might be asked or want to know how many IOPs per disk, Solid State Device (SSD), device or storage system such as for a 15K RPM (revolutions per minute) 146GB SAS Hard Disk Drive (HDD). Sure you can go to a manufactures website and look at the speeds and feeds (technical performance numbers) however are those metrics applicable to your environments applications or workload? MORE
One of the cool things about libvirt is the ability to work with multiple hypervisors and virtualization technologies, including Linux containers using LXC. If you aren’t familiar with Linux containers and LXC, I invite you to have a look at my introductory post on Linux containers and LXC. If you wanted to customize the XML template, just use this simple Unix/Linux command: sed ''s/REPLACE/cn-02/g'' lxc-template.xml > cn-02.xml. MORE
Ruminations On The Storage Market. At the end of last week, IDC published their latest storage market tracker. Once you get past the obvious headlines (storage market is growing, EMC is growing share, etc.), Storage Does Well -- Again. Storage. MORE
Is your Linux server running out of storage space? If you're not sure how to find that out, these three commands are important to learn MORE
In this article, we’ll discuss enabling “cross-premises data mobility” within a Hybrid Cloud by leveraging a new cloud-enabled storage solution: Microsoft StorSimple 8000. Microsoft StorSimple 8000 Hybrid Cloud Storage Solution. MORE
and we are not talking about creating a custom Linux VM image and uploading it to Azure. in this case we will use the Azure Command-Line Interface (CLI) to capture and generalize the Linux VM. and we are not talking about creating a custom Linux VM image and uploading it to Azure. MORE
Some Windows Server Storage I/O related commands The following are some commands and tools for Microsoft Windows environments that are useful for storage I/O activities (among others). Finding a Windows physical disk, SSD or storage system device name So you may know and how to find out the more familiar Windows storage device (Solid State […]. MORE
Step-by-Step: Running FREE Linux Virtual Machines in the Cloud with Windows Azure. Step-by-Step: Running FREE Linux Virtual Machines in the Cloud with Windows Azure. Step-by-Step: Running FREE Linux Virtual Machines in the Cloud with Windows Azure. The Windows Azure Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) offering supports running Windows virtual machines and Linux virtual machines in the Cloud. Linux? That’s right, Linux! What about custom Linux images? MORE
If Linux is your operating system of choice, and Google Drive is your cloud storage solution, you'll be happy to know there's an easy way to keep them in sync from the command line. Jack Wallen shows you how MORE
Besides how consumed and configured, which can also be for CI and HCI modes, Windows Server 2016 along with Hyper-V extend the virtualization and container capabilities into non Microsoft environments specifically around Linux and Docker. MORE
AWS made several announcements at re:invent including many around development tools, compute and data storage services. One of those to keep an eye on is cloud based Aurora relational database service that complement existing RDS tools. Aurora is positioned as an alternative to traditional SQL based transactional databases commonly found in enterprise environments (e.g. SQL Server among others). MORE
There's lots of tools that can be leveraged for automating Linux workloads on Microsoft Azure , including Azure Automation , PowerShell DSC for Linux , VM Agent Custom Scripts , Cloud-Init , XPlat CLI for Azure , Vagrant , Docker and third-party tools such as Chef and Puppet. MORE
The Shape Of Todays Storage Market. IDC just released their storage market estimates for 2012 -- both Q4 and for the full year. Consider it Storage Marketplace 101? All data here comes from the most recent IDC Worldwide Disk Storage Systems market estimate report. MORE
The enterprise data storage marketplace is poised to become a battlefield. No longer the quiet backwater of cloud computing services, the focus of this global transition is now going from compute to storage. On March 13, 2006, Amazon Web Services launched Simple Storage Service (S3). MORE
In discussing support for corporate communication and collaboration systems as part of my Linux migration, I’ve so far covered e-mail in part 1 and calendaring in part 2. As far as I know, there is no native WebEx client for Linux. GoToMeeting and its variants don’t run on Linux at all. Skype for Business (S4B)—formerly Lync—is especially challenging, given that there is no native Linux client for S4B. The client is called Sky or Sky Linux.) MORE
Computer Weekly
JULY 7, 2016
Bulgarian software-defined storage maker Storpool adds Cloudstack support and boosted performance, but holds fire on adding enterprise-friendly VMware and Microsoft Hyper-V environments
Data Center Knowledge
AUGUST 18, 2015
Heavyweight founders bet on wholesale IT shift to object storage, currently domain of cloud Read More
Storage IO Blog
OCTOBER 13, 2016
Besides how consumed and configured, which can also be for CI and HCI modes, Windows Server 2016 along with Hyper-V extend the virtualization and container capabilities into non Microsoft environments specifically around Linux and Docker.
Data Center Knowledge
FEBRUARY 18, 2015
Company known for popular enterprise Linux distro gets into open source storage software that runs on commodity servers Read More. Storage open source suse
Cloud Musings
DECEMBER 19, 2017
The enterprise data storage marketplace is poised to become a battlefield. No longer the quiet backwater of cloud computing services, the focus of this global transition is now going from compute to storage. On March 13, 2006, Amazon Web Services launched Simple Storage Service (S3).
IT Pros Rock!
DECEMBER 1, 2014
There's lots of tools that can be leveraged for automating Linux workloads on Microsoft Azure , including Azure Automation , PowerShell DSC for Linux , VM Agent Custom Scripts , Cloud-Init , XPlat CLI for Azure , Vagrant , Docker and third-party tools such as Chef and Puppet.
Storage IO Blog
FEBRUARY 1, 2015
There are different reasons for benchmarking, such as, you might be asked or want to know how many IOPs per disk, Solid State Device (SSD), device or storage system such as for a 15K RPM (revolutions per minute) 146GB SAS Hard Disk Drive (HDD). Sure you can go to a manufactures website and look at the speeds and feeds (technical performance numbers) however are those metrics applicable to your environments applications or workload?
Scott Lowe
AUGUST 16, 2017
A few months ago, I stumbled across a service called ODrive (“Oh” Drive) that allows you to combine multiple cloud storage services together. Since that time, I’ve been experimenting with ODrive, testing it to see how well it works, if at all, with my Fedora Linux environment. ODrive, if you’re reading this: put some effort into your Linux support and your docs, and you’ll probably get more paying customers.)
Tech Republic Data Center
MARCH 28, 2017
If you need to boost the speed of data writes to storage on your Linux data center servers, a ramdisk might be what you need. Here's how to create one, mount it, and back it up
Data Center Knowledge
MAY 12, 2016
Ubuntu 16.04, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.8 and Fedora 24 beta bring new open source container, storage and security solutions to the Linux ecosystem Read More. Shared
Scott Lowe
DECEMBER 31, 2018
In December 2016, I kicked off a migration from macOS to Linux as my primary laptop OS. In this post, I’d like to recap where things stand as of December 2018, after 8 months of full-time use of Linux as my primary laptop OS. Readers may recall that I was using a Dell Latitude E7370 (see my E7370 hardware review ) up until August 2017, when I put the Linux migration on hold indefinitely due to productivity concerns. Linux Distribution.
Storage IO Blog
AUGUST 20, 2013
IBM Server Side Storage I/O SSD Flash Cache Software As I often say, the best server storage I/O or IOP is the one that you do not have to do. The second best storage I/O or IOP is the one with least impact or that can be done in a cost-effective way. Likewise the question […].
Storage IO Blog
JANUARY 12, 2014
Some Windows Server Storage I/O related commands The following are some commands and tools for Microsoft Windows environments that are useful for storage I/O activities (among others). Finding a Windows physical disk, SSD or storage system device name So you may know and how to find out the more familiar Windows storage device (Solid State […].
Scott Lowe
SEPTEMBER 4, 2013
In this post, I’m going to introduce you to the concept of Linux network namespaces. Generally speaking, an installation of Linux shares a single set of network interfaces and routing table entries. Please note that support for network namespaces varies between Linux distributions; Ubuntu supports them but Red Hat doesn’t. (I’m If you’re thinking about using network namespaces, be sure your Linux distribution includes support.
Scott Lowe
APRIL 2, 2017
In discussing support for corporate communication and collaboration systems as part of my Linux migration, I’ve so far covered e-mail in part 1 and calendaring in part 2. As far as I know, there is no native WebEx client for Linux. GoToMeeting and its variants don’t run on Linux at all. Skype for Business (S4B)—formerly Lync—is especially challenging, given that there is no native Linux client for S4B. The client is called Sky or Sky Linux.)
Chuck's Blog - EMC
SEPTEMBER 11, 2012
Ruminations On The Storage Market. At the end of last week, IDC published their latest storage market tracker. Once you get past the obvious headlines (storage market is growing, EMC is growing share, etc.), Storage Does Well -- Again. Storage.
Scott Lowe
APRIL 11, 2017
In December 2016, I kicked off a migration to Linux (from OS X) as my primary laptop OS. In the nearly 4 months since the initial progress report , I’ve published a series of articles providing updates on things like which Linux distribution I selected, how I’m handling running VMs on my Linux laptop, and integration with corporate collaboration systems ( here , here , and here ). Linux Distribution. I’m using Enpass on my OS X, Linux, and iOS devices.
Storage IO Blog
AUGUST 20, 2013
Part II IBM Server Flash Cache Storage I/O accelerator for SSD This is the second in a two-part post series on IBM’s Flash Cache Storage Accelerator (FCSA) for Solid State Device (SSD) storage announced today. You can view part I of the IBM FCSA announcement synopsis here. Some FCSA ssd cache questions and perspectives What […].
Tech Republic Cloud
MARCH 22, 2016
If Linux is your operating system of choice, and Google Drive is your cloud storage solution, you'll be happy to know there's an easy way to keep them in sync from the command line. Jack Wallen shows you how
CanITPro
AUGUST 30, 2016
and we are not talking about creating a custom Linux VM image and uploading it to Azure. in this case we will use the Azure Command-Line Interface (CLI) to capture and generalize the Linux VM. and we are not talking about creating a custom Linux VM image and uploading it to Azure.
Chuck's Blog - EMC
MARCH 11, 2013
The Shape Of Todays Storage Market. IDC just released their storage market estimates for 2012 -- both Q4 and for the full year. Consider it Storage Marketplace 101? All data here comes from the most recent IDC Worldwide Disk Storage Systems market estimate report.
CTOvision
MAY 11, 2015
The DCOS (Datacenter Operating System) spans all the servers in a physical or cloud-based datacenter, and run on top of any Linux distribution. It is highly adaptable, employing plug-ins for native Linux containers, Docker containers, and other emerging container systems.
Galido
JUNE 22, 2016
QDirStat (Linux). It runs on every X11-based desktop on Linux, BSD and other Unix-like systems. The post Hard Drive Space Analyzer for Windows, Linux, and Mac OS appeared first on Information Technology Blog. Free Zone Information Technology Software Storage
Scott Lowe
NOVEMBER 25, 2013
In this post, I’m going to provide a brief introduction to working with Linux containers via LXC. If you aren’t familiar with veth pairs, see my post on Linux network namespaces.). A Brief Introduction to Linux Containers with LXC. Linux Virtualization CLI LXC Ubunt
CTOvision
OCTOBER 4, 2016
I am using Amazon Linux. Also note that Amazon Linux includes a lot of package dependencies (i.e. I won't walk you through the entire process, but select security and storage options that meet your needs. Adam Gerhart.
Scott Lowe
MARCH 21, 2014
Some time ago, I introduced you to the idea of Linux network namespaces, and provided an overview of some of the commands needed to interact with network namespaces. I say “incorrectly” because you are able to assign more than just virtual Ethernet interfaces to a Linux network namespace. I hope this additional information on working with Linux network namespaces is useful. A Follow Up on Linux Network Namespaces. Linux Networking CLI
Storage IO Blog
MAY 4, 2017
This is part one of a two-part series looking at Microsoft Azure Stack providing an overview, preview and review. Read part two here that looks at my experiences installing Microsoft Azure Stack Technical Preview 3 (TP3). For those who are not aware, Azure Stack is a private on-premise extension of the Azure public cloud environment. Azure Stack now in technical preview three (e.g. TP3), or what you might also refer to as a beta (get the bits here).
Scott Lowe
MARCH 9, 2017
Over the last few weeks, I’ve been sharing various users’ stories about their own personal migration to Linux. If you’ve not read them already, I encourage you to check out part 1 and part 2 of this multi-part series to get a feel for why folks are deciding to switch to Linux, the challenges they faced, and the benefits they’ve seen (so far). This is Brian Hall’s story of switching to Linux. Q: Why did you switch to Linux? Q: Which Linux distribution are you using?
IT Pros Rock!
JANUARY 11, 2013
Step-by-Step: Running FREE Linux Virtual Machines in the Cloud with Windows Azure. Step-by-Step: Running FREE Linux Virtual Machines in the Cloud with Windows Azure. Step-by-Step: Running FREE Linux Virtual Machines in the Cloud with Windows Azure. The Windows Azure Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) offering supports running Windows virtual machines and Linux virtual machines in the Cloud. Linux? That’s right, Linux! What about custom Linux images?
Tech Republic Data Center
AUGUST 9, 2017
Is your Linux server running out of storage space? If you're not sure how to find that out, these three commands are important to learn
Scott Lowe
NOVEMBER 27, 2013
One of the cool things about libvirt is the ability to work with multiple hypervisors and virtualization technologies, including Linux containers using LXC. If you aren’t familiar with Linux containers and LXC, I invite you to have a look at my introductory post on Linux containers and LXC. If you wanted to customize the XML template, just use this simple Unix/Linux command: sed ''s/REPLACE/cn-02/g'' lxc-template.xml > cn-02.xml.
Storage IO Blog
MAY 4, 2017
This is part two of a two-part series looking at Microsoft Azure Stack with a focus on my experiences installing Microsoft Azure Stack Technical Preview 3 (TP3) including into a nested VMware vSphere ESXi environment. Read part one here that provides a general overview of Azure Stack. The post Azure Stack TP3 Overview Preview Review Part II appeared first on StorageIOblog.
Storage IO Blog
MARCH 26, 2017
For those of you who may not know Tom, he has been in the IT, data center, data infrastructure, server and storage (as well as […] The post Backup, Big data, Big Data Protection, CMG & More with Tom Becchetti Podcast appeared first on StorageIOblog. In this Server StorageIO podcast episode, I am joined by Tom Becchetti (@tbecchetti) for a Friday afternoon conversation recorded live at Meisters in Scandia Minnesota (thanks to the Meisters crew!).
Storage IO Blog
NOVEMBER 30, 2014
AWS made several announcements at re:invent including many around development tools, compute and data storage services. One of those to keep an eye on is cloud based Aurora relational database service that complement existing RDS tools. Aurora is positioned as an alternative to traditional SQL based transactional databases commonly found in enterprise environments (e.g. SQL Server among others).
IT Pros Rock!
AUGUST 29, 2014
In this article, we’ll discuss enabling “cross-premises data mobility” within a Hybrid Cloud by leveraging a new cloud-enabled storage solution: Microsoft StorSimple 8000. Microsoft StorSimple 8000 Hybrid Cloud Storage Solution.
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