storage
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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…
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Storage
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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VMware
VMware vSphere ESXi Storage Performance Troubleshooting
Recently, I was troubleshooting an issue with a production VMware vSphere cluster that was presenting with severe performance issues across the board. After triaging the symptoms of the performance issue it pointed to storage as being the culprit for the…
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Storage
Dell EMC UnityVSA storage appliance installation and configuration
One of the great resources for home lab environments is vendor released virtual storage appliance software solutions that emulate models of hardware that is typically found in the enterprise. Getting your hands on the actual hardware appliances can be difficult…