storage
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Software Defined Storage
Try Microceph for an Easy Ceph Install
One of the software-defined storage solutions gaining popularity in the enterprise and home lab community is Ceph. Ceph is a powerful storage solution and has many great benefits. However, it can be intimidating to configure and manage if you haven’t…
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Storage
Configure TerraMaster Hyper Cache NAS SSD Caching
In working with the TerraMaster F4-424 Max, one of the features that I wanted to play around with was the SSD cache on this hybrid NAS. I installed (2) NVMe drives in the unit along with the spindles that I…
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Storage
Ceph Storage Calculator to find Capacity and Cost
If you are spinning up a Ceph storage pool and working with Ceph to store things like virtual machines in your Proxmox VE Server cluster, you may want to have an easy way to calculate the usable storage for your…
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Storage
Powervault ME5024 Configuration Step by Step
I recently got my hands on a Dell Powervault ME5024 storage array with flash storage, two controllers, and 25 GbE interfaces. Since I went through the setup and configuration of the array, I wanted to share with you guys the…
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Storage
Terramaster F8 SSD Plus Review: All Flash NAS with NVMe
I was graciously sent a review unit of the soon to be released (September 2024) Terramaster F8 SSD Plus All Flash NAS for review. I was intrigued when I saw the specs for the unit as it has some great…
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VMware
VDBench to Benchmark your VMware Datastore
If you have built a VMware ESXi server or cluster with a datastore or multiple datastores, you may want to see if the IOPs with the datastore are what they are supposed to be, or you may not know what…
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Windows Server 2025
Windows Server 2025 New Storage Features
Windows Server 2025 includes many great new features that will allow organizations to have even more tools to the enterprise and cloud. One of the areas where Windows Server 2025 will introduce many new improvements is in the area of…
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VMware
iSCSI Synology VMware Configuration step-by-step
One of the lab additions made in the past couple of weeks is a new Synology DS1621xs+ 6-bay NAS device. I have been wanting to add a NAS device for quite some time and decided to pull the trigger. The…
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VMware
ESXi Install Disk not detecting HDD
Have you been in a situation where you are installing a brand new VMware ESXi host, and when you get to the point of the installer scanning for the available disks, and none are found? Just the other day, I…
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Software Defined Storage
Add NAS to VMware ESXi with StarWind SAN & NAS Free
Recently StarWind release a totally free SAN and NAS appliance that allows quickly spinning up a storage appliance based on various types of storage, both physical and virtual. This new appliance is totally free to download and provision. It makes…
