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SAN / Storage: Texas Memory RamSan 500

• June 4, 2009 • 3 Comments

Posted in Hardware, RamSan, SAN (Storage Area Network)
Tags: cache, dram, dram cache, io, IOPS, LinkedIn, LUN, ramsan, ramsan 400, ramsan 500, solid state

SAN / EMC: Clariion CX4 Solid State DAEs (Shelves)

• June 3, 2009 • Leave a Comment

Posted in EMC, Hardware, SAN (Storage Area Network)
Tags: cache, cx4, cx4-240, dram, EMC, flash, LinkedIn, ramsan, ramsan 500, ransan 400, solid state

SAN / EMC: CX4 DAE (Drive Shelf) Information

• May 29, 2009 • 4 Comments

Posted in EMC, Hardware, SAN (Storage Area Network)
Tags: 4g, bus, cx4, cx4-240, dae, disks, EMC, lcc, link control card, loop.interconnect, san, serice processor, shelf, spa, spb

Linux: dd – Passing User Defined Variables For Status

• February 18, 2009 • Leave a Comment

Posted in Hardware, Linux
Tags: -USR1, /dev/urandon, 2.5, attached disk, background process, block size, bs=4k, copied, dd, kill, LinkedIn, pid, process id, raid, raid 1, sata, speed, stats, status, ubuntu, urandom, user defined variables, USR11

Colocatoion/Hardware: Tools of The Trade

• February 4, 2009 • 1 Comment

Posted in Colocation, Hardware
Tags: cable tester, Colocation, data center, dc, fluke, snips, toner, tool, toolkit, tools, wax string

NAS / Data Domain: Resetting Hung Alert

• December 29, 2008 • Leave a Comment

Posted in Data Domain, Hardware, NAS, deduplication
Tags: alert, data domain, dd, dedupe, deduplication, failed, hung, LinkedIn, stuck

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@interslice lol. Don't forget the required vmkernel port on th vswitch. If seperate from other networks ;) 12 hours ago
@aarondelp it's for production #vmware and Websphere environments at our office. FCOR should make life a lot easier. 13 hours ago
@rogerlund Central North Carolina 16 hours ago
@nash_j They must be adding anyones blog now-a-days ;) 16 hours ago
@rogerlund lol. Not sure how long I can put off opening those boxes. 17 hours ago
@interslice cool. Let me know how it goes. We did iscsi for vmware a few years ago. 17 hours ago
It's here! http://twitpic.com/17xqx6 #cisco #ucs @nash_j 18 hours ago
@interslice if it does, it will give you the option to setup a VMFS there 21 hours ago
@interslice if the vmware server is zoned to it, click on a vm server go to config tab -> storage -> add storage. server should detect LUN 21 hours ago
@interslice how are you thinking about connecting? ISCSI, NFS, Fiber Channel, etc? 1 day ago