The Engineering of a Ceph Cluster Solution: Change the Way You Store Data

We here at 45Drives are big fans of Ceph (as you may know). Ceph is the premier open-source clustering software. It works by linking multiple servers together into a single unit that can provide object, file, and block storage. Storage clustering enables important features that you may want access to, but are architecturally impossible with single server solutions. Clusters are also becoming more accessible than ever. 45Drives takes a bit different of an approach to selling and supporting clusters than legacy vendors. But before we talk about that, what makes clusters so appealing? 

Amazon S3 – What Is It & What Does It Do?

Tuesday Tech Tip - ZFS Best Practices

Mitch is back with another Tuesday Tech Tip!

Watch this week's video to learn the five best practices you should consider for the administration of your ZFS storage pools.

The best part is he tells you all of them in under 5 minutes! Check it out below.👇

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,...

Tuesday Tech Tip - Sizing Large Ceph Clusters

We're back with a brand new tech tip and this week it's all about sizing large Ceph clusters.

In this tech tip, Brett is talking to us about sizing multi-petabyte clusters and giving us tips on how to get the best bang for our buck. He also tells us how to set up our data storage so we can grow our data in the future. Check it out below!

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,...

Understanding Snapshots

File system backup or snapshots, how do you know which one to choose? If you’re unfamiliar with backups – here’s a refresher. Backups are essentially backing up all your data onto another server. This means if one server fails you have all your data saved on another. To restore your data, it may take a little time as these are read and write. But today I want to talk more about Snapshots as there has been a little confusion over when to use this tool.

Tuesday Tech Tip - An Overview of the Network File System Protocol

It's that day of the week again, Tech Tip Tuesday!

In this week's tech tip, Mitch gives us an overview of the Network File System (NFS) protocol. He explains the background of NFS, why it's useful and gives us a mini-tutorial on how to set up an NFS server, client and mounting a share.

Check it out below!

As always - we welcome your feedback! Leave a comment below or suggest a topic you would like to see covered in this series. New Tech Tips are released every Tuesday!

Be sure to check out our GitHub and our technical articles on our Knowledgebase.

Tuesday Tech Tip - How Should You Use The Cloud?

We're back this week with another Tuesday Tech Tip!

Today it's all about the Cloud. Our lead engineer Brett Kelly, talks about the differences between cloud computing and cloud storage. He even tells us how we can build our own publicly accessible cloud using the tools and infrastructure you may already have! Check it below.

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

As always - your feedback is welcome! Feel free to leave a comment below on a topic you would like to see covered in this series. New Tech Tips are released every Tuesday!

Be sure to check out our GitHub and our technical articles on our Knowledgebase.

Tuesday Tech Tip - How To Replace a Motherboard Inside Your Storinator

Archie makes his debut in this week's tech tip!

Here at 45Drives we do things a little differently. We're not about locking you in - that's why we're opensource. But, that also goes for our hardware!

We use enterprise commodity hardware making it easy to swap out and replace parts - as they can be bought right off the shelf.

In this week's tech tip Archie, our field application specialist is showing us how to replace the motherboard inside a Storinator. Check it out below!

As always if you have any questions leave them in the comments on YouTube or below!

Be sure to check out our GitHub and our technical articles on our Knowledgebase.

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!

Be sure to check out our GitHub and our technical articles on our Knowledgebase.

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.

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 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.

Be sure to check out our GitHub and our technical articles on our Knowledgebase.

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 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. 

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

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

Tech Tip - IPMI Security

In this week's tech tip, Mitch walks us through the process of patching your IPMI and offers a few tips and tricks to secure your motherboard for any future issues that may occur.

Check it out below and let us know what you think!

Each Tuesday, we release a quick tech tip video that provides information on various topics relating to open source, data storage, storage servers, the Storinator and more! If you would like a topic covered, let us know in the comments!

Be sure to subscribe to our YouTube channel to ensure you don't miss a video!

Resources:

Check out our IPMI Security blog: https://45drives.blogspot.com/2019/09... Be sure to check out our GitHub: https://github.com/45drives

Tech Tip - ZFS 80 Percent Rule

In this week's tech tip, we're debunking the ZFS 80% rule!

Today lead engineer Brett Kelly is talking about ZFS writes and the "mystical" 80 percent rule.  Check it out below.

 

Don't forget, each Tuesday, we release a quick tech tip video that gives our users information on various topics relating to our Storinator storage servers. If you would like a topic covered, let us know in the comments!

Be sure to subscribe to our YouTube channel to ensure you don't miss a video!

Resources: 

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

Tech Tip - Expanding a Ceph Cluster

Curious how you expand a Ceph Cluster? We can help!

In today's' tech tip, lead engineer brett kelly is explains everything you need to know when planning to expand your cluster.

 

Don't forget, each Tuesday, we release a quick tech tip video that gives our users information on various topics relating to our Storinator storage servers. If you would like a topic covered, let us know in the comments!

Be sure to subscribe to our YouTube channel to ensure you don't miss a video!

Resources: 

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

Tech Tip - CentOS and FreeNAS

In today's weekly tech tip, Mitch discusses the advantages and disadvantages of CentOS and FreeNAS! Check it out below and be sure to watch the ending and help us with our office debate.

Don't forget, each Tuesday, we release a quick tech tip video on various data storage topics and questions from our users, followers, and fans! Tune in next Tuesday at 3pm and hit subscribe on our YouTube channel to ensure you never miss a video!

Your Guide to IPMI Hardening and BMC Security

Some of you may have seen the recent stories about security flaws found within the Baseboard Management controllers (BMC) within SuperMicro Motherboards. While this is indeed very serious, many of the articles were somewhat misleading by taking something that is by its very design, a very powerful feature - and giving the impression that the feature itself is the flaw. This is not the case, and the BMC is something many System Admins rely on in the enterprise daily.

Tech Tip - Clustered Storage and Windows Active Directory (User Request)

We're back with another Tech Tip and this week we're answering a question from one of our users. 

In this tech tip video, our Lead Engineer Brett Kelly goes more in-depth to answer a question from one of our users about joining a clustered storage solution. If you have ever wondered how to join a clustered storage solution into a Windows active directory or just want to learn something new today - check out the video below! 

If you have a question you'd like to ask, let us know!

Each Tuesday, we release a quick tech tip video that gives our users information on various topics relating to our Storinator storage servers.

Be sure to subscribe to our YouTube channel to ensure you don't miss a video!