Storage
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RAID 5 vs RAID 6: Which one is the best for SSDs?
Two RAID levels that get compared quite a lot are RAID 5 vs RAID 6. What are the differences between these two RAID levels, and which one should you use for SSDs? Table of contentsParity Data – What is it?XOR…
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Synology Logging: Easily View Synology NAS Logs
If you are running a Synology NAS in your environment, logging helps monitor activities, troubleshoot, and ensure optimal operation. Synology Logging is found throughout a Synology NAS system. Administrators can review and access logs on a Synology system for various…
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Synology SA3610 and SA3410: Game-Changing High-Performance Storage
May 3, 2023 – Today, Synology introduced the SA3610 and SA3410, a pair of highly scalable storage systems that enable organizations to store vast amounts of data without compromising speed and performance. Starting with 12 drive bays each, businesses can…
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TrueNAS Docker Compose with Scale Apps and Truecharts
TrueNAS can truly be a LAN in a CAN solution as it can run virtual machines and even Docker containers which you may not have realized. Let’s look at this feature and see how it can run containerized apps easily…
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Truenas Core vs. Scale – A detailed comparison
TrueNAS has made a name for itself as a great all around solution for not only storage but also running workloads itself like virtual machines and even Docker containers. There are two versions that you may have noticed you can…
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Is Intel Optane Worth It? Awesome vExpert Opportunity
Many have heard that Intel Optane is a significantly faster storage solution than traditional and even the modern NVMe storage devices we all know and love. With Optane memory, even faster access to storage is possible due to the design…
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Solving IO Performance Problems at the Source with Condusiv
There is no question that solving IO performance problems at the source is often one of the most challenging issues to diagnose and resolve in most virtualized environments. Most often, performance issues in the virtualized environment, in general, lead to…
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StarWind VSAN for vSphere Virtual Appliances
You may have been considering VMware vSAN for your ROBO or Edge environment, however, your budget constraints simply do not allow purchasing a supported configuration for use with a VMware vSAN solution. The reality is that if you don’t have…
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Simulate SAN Storage with FreeNAS 11.2
If you are like me, you are constantly labbing various storage solutions and connectivity from virtual hosts and the like in the home lab. Most likely, you don’t have a several thousand dollar SAN lying around to provision every time…
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FreeNAS iSCSI Configuration for MPIO
In the last post, Hyper-V Cluster MPIO iSCSI installation and configuration, we looked at configuring MPIO multi-pathing on a Hyper-V host connected to iSCSI storage. In a home lab environment, you may want to play around with iSCSI storage for…
