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Tuesday, November 26, 2019

Tuesday Tech Tip - Configuring CTDB 4.9

Our lead engineer Brett Kelly tackles a user-submitted question in this week's tech tip!
This particular user asked us to go over the new configuration that comes with CTDB 4.9. If you've been following our tech tips you'll notice we've covered this before, but things changed with CTDB.

Check out this week's tech tip below to learn more!




Thanks for the question, Thomas! If you have a question you want to ask - leave a comment. You might just be our next tech tip!

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Monday, November 25, 2019

Storinator Buying Guide, Part 2



The Storinator Buying Guide is available to help you determine what size Storinator you need for your data storage solution. In this part of the guide (part 2), we will discuss considerations to make based on your use case.

Wednesday, November 20, 2019

Storinator Buying Guide (Part 1)



Determining what storage application works best for you can be a difficult task. Luckily, we have an amazing support team and plenty of great resources to help you get the right 45Drives storage solution for your specific needs.  

If you are out of storage or running out of storage but are not sure what you need – this guide will help you decide which Storinator storage server and configuration is best for your data needs.

Tuesday, November 19, 2019

Tuesday Tech Tip - Linux RAID vs ZFS RAID

Each Tuesday, we will be releasing a tech tip video that will give users information on various topics relating to our Storinator storage servers.

This week, Mitch gives you a comparison of Linux vs ZFS RAID, giving you scenarios where you would use one over the other, and a tutorial on how to set up each one.




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Tuesday, November 12, 2019

Tuesday Tech Tip - Ceph and Its Components

This week, Mitch gives you an overview of what Ceph is at its core, including a look at the components that are needed to make up a Ceph storage cluster. 




Be sure to check out our GitHub: https://github.com/45drives 

Be sure to check out our technical articles on our Knowledgebase: http://knowledgebase.45drives.com/


Tuesday, November 5, 2019

Tuesday Tech Tip - ZFS Read & Write Caching

Each Tuesday, we will be releasing a tech tip video that will give users information on various topics relating to our Storinator storage servers. 

This week, we tackle a commonly asked question here at 45Drives. Brett talks about how ZFS does its read and write caching. 




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Be sure to watch next Tuesday when we give you another 45 Drives tech tip.