Linux
Portworx. Container Storage. WHAT?
Here is a quick 101 on Portworx (PX) and why you might be interested in PX. There’s a lot to break down on how this SDS works and how it will work for you and your environment. […]
Technology
Pure Storage
Secure File Transfer – SMB and the FlashBlade
Ever wanted to setup a windows server as an SFTP server with a connect SMB share from a FlashBlade – I know it’s on top of everyone’s list! […]
Technology
SE Roadmap – Rules to being an Systems Engineer
Want to be a high-performing systems engineer, here are some rules to follow. […]
Pure Storage
iSCSI Best Practices
Are you wanting to size for network and ports, this post is around sizing for network ports and speed with iscsi. […]
Linux
FIO – Benchmark Testing
I want to go over some benchmark testing using FIO, these are just to demonstrate how FIO runs and not actual performance numbers. First FIO – what is that? Flexible I/O Tester FIO spawns a […]
Coffee
Working Remote…
I love working remote – here is my setup and some of my favorite gadgets to take with me. Join me for coffee! […]
Linux
Jumbo Frames on Ubuntu
Yo, you said JUMBO not DUMBO. Right, I get it, the picture of Dumbo may help us with jumbo frames, I’ll explain. For now – here’s how to enable jumbo frames, or MTU: 9000 First, […]
Pure Storage
iSCSI – the WWW(Wild Wild West) of SAN
Let’s go over iSCSI on Pure Storage //FlashArray and Linux, I’ll be using Ubuntu. Let’s go over a few things so you have them out the gate: Let’s start with the basics on the Ubuntu […]
Pure Storage
NCONNECT: SUPER CHARGE NFS
What is NCONNECT? Linux has a feature called “nconnect” that enables multiple TCP connections for a single NFS mount. The nconnect mount option exists in all Linux distributions with kernel 5.3 or higher and can be used […]
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