Storage

5 posts

Asustor Flashstor FS6712X 12 Bay Storage NAS Hands-On using TrueNAS Scale with VMware ESXi 8.0
September 1, 2023
I recently "upgraded" my aging storage environment in my home lab with an all-flash Asustor Flashstor 12 Pro with 12 x 2TB NVMe M.2 Drives, with upgraded RAM to
SAS vs. SATA Differences, Technology and Cost
February 4, 2013
Here are the high-level differences between SAS and SATA disk drives which I thought it'd be a perfect post for the blog as it contains some useful information
How To Collect Data From a Fibre Channel (FC) Switch
June 15, 2009
Sometimes you will be asked by either the manufacturers support or perhaps by Lewan for data from your Fibre Channel switch. Here is how you can gather that inf
Forget Dropbox - Use Zumodrive for Online Storage!
April 21, 2009
I posted awhile back about DropBox which allows you to store things online while having a local "drive" on your computer to use. Here's a link to that post: htt
Celerra Virtual Storage Appliance (VSA) for VMware
December 8, 2008
I have used the Lefthand Networks Virtual Storage Appliance (VSA) in the past (which can be found here: http://www.lefthandnetworks.com/vsa.aspx) which presents