Best way to store the data
Hi friends, at my current work they need a solution to store really a huge amount of data. It could be more 8tb. Most importantly they are working with SAS and retrieving data is become really hard for them. I know servers and databases are a good solution but no budget for it. Could you [...]
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| January 11, 2013 9:22 PM
Data storage, Storage
Hi friends, at my current work they need a solution to store really a huge amount of data. It could be more 8tb. Most importantly they are working with SAS and retrieving data is become really hard for them. I know servers and databases are a good solution but no budget for it. Could you [...]
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| January 11, 2013 9:22 PM
Data storage, Storage
1 gigabyte = ? megabytes
1 gigabyte = ? megabytes
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| January 10, 2013 7:48 AM
Gigabyte, Megabyte
1 gigabyte = ? megabytes
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| January 10, 2013 7:48 AM
Gigabyte, Megabyte
Need White Paper or Notes on Linux Performance & Capacity Management.
I am trying to collect some information on Performance and Capacity Management for Linux system.
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| January 8, 2013 3:25 PM
Capacity management, Performance management
I am trying to collect some information on Performance and Capacity Management for Linux system.
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| January 8, 2013 3:25 PM
Capacity management, Performance management
Values of factors considered when isolating Storage Performance issues- Please guide
Been working as SAN consultant, I am always curious to know the various parameters which a Sr. SAN Consultant/Oncall person study/review when there are any issues/alerts reported on SAN storage to them critical with less time. I am curious to take up the responsiblities from oncall perceptive and seeking guidance on the major factor one [...]
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| January 3, 2013 11:28 PM
SAN, Storage
Been working as SAN consultant, I am always curious to know the various parameters which a Sr. SAN Consultant/Oncall person study/review when there are any issues/alerts reported on SAN storage to them critical with less time. I am curious to take up the responsiblities from oncall perceptive and seeking guidance on the major factor one [...]
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| January 3, 2013 11:28 PM
SAN, Storage
Emulate USB thumbdrive with laptop
I’m looking for software that would present a folder on one computer to another computer as if it were a USB thumb drive. In my job I carry around a lot of bootable USB thumb drives. What I’d like to be able to do is have a piece of software on my laptop that would [...]
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| December 28, 2012 1:59 AM
USB Flash drives
I’m looking for software that would present a folder on one computer to another computer as if it were a USB thumb drive. In my job I carry around a lot of bootable USB thumb drives. What I’d like to be able to do is have a piece of software on my laptop that would [...]
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| December 28, 2012 1:59 AM
USB Flash drives
itera HA/DR
How to change the Primary box to Secondary and secondary box to primary in iTera HA/DR
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| December 13, 2012 10:41 AM
iTera, iTera box
How to change the Primary box to Secondary and secondary box to primary in iTera HA/DR
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| December 13, 2012 10:41 AM
iTera, iTera box
What would a Dropbox acquisition mean to the IT market?
In its annual report of predictions for the upcoming year, IDC believes the file-sharing company Dropbox will be bought out by a major company in 2013. What do you think a Dropbox acquisition could mean for the IT market? Will other vendors be bought out as well?
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| December 26, 2012 8:45 PM
Dropbox, Storage
In its annual report of predictions for the upcoming year, IDC believes the file-sharing company Dropbox will be bought out by a major company in 2013. What do you think a Dropbox acquisition could mean for the IT market? Will other vendors be bought out as well?
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| December 26, 2012 8:45 PM
Dropbox, Storage
Repurposed Disk In Raid
Hi All, We have a very old Dell 2950 (RAID 5) that is of course out of warranty. We are planning on replacing that server next month but in the mean time we have a failed drive we want to replace but we want to repurpose a drive of the same size and speed from [...]
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| December 10, 2012 4:32 PM
RAID 5, raid 5 failure
Hi All, We have a very old Dell 2950 (RAID 5) that is of course out of warranty. We are planning on replacing that server next month but in the mean time we have a failed drive we want to replace but we want to repurpose a drive of the same size and speed from [...]
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| December 10, 2012 4:32 PM
RAID 5, raid 5 failure
How can I get my laptop out of this, please wait while you windows files and settings are being restored, System Restore is removing temporay files?
When I tried to restore my HP laptop to an earlier date it froze up on a blue screen that say , “Please wait while your windows files and settings are being restored, System Restore is removing temporary files….. and it has been doing this for over 8 hours. I can’t figure out how to [...]
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| December 7, 2012 10:24 AM
HP Laptop, Restore
When I tried to restore my HP laptop to an earlier date it froze up on a blue screen that say , “Please wait while your windows files and settings are being restored, System Restore is removing temporary files….. and it has been doing this for over 8 hours. I can’t figure out how to [...]
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| December 7, 2012 10:24 AM
HP Laptop, Restore
Does a RAID 5 rebuild include deleted data?
I understand that common data deletion removes the header and leaves the data. Also most disk mirroring software will include the deleted data. The only real way to normally get rid of deleted data is to copy the existing data to a new drive. If I choose to replace the drives in my array, would [...]
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| November 29, 2012 9:42 PM
RAID 5, RAID rebuild
I understand that common data deletion removes the header and leaves the data. Also most disk mirroring software will include the deleted data. The only real way to normally get rid of deleted data is to copy the existing data to a new drive. If I choose to replace the drives in my array, would [...]
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| November 29, 2012 9:42 PM
RAID 5, RAID rebuild
AS/400 plus NetApp (NAS)
Is there any relationship between AS/400 and NetApp (NAS storage). Will it be helpful at any point in having knowledge on these two technologies?
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| November 27, 2012 5:27 PM
AS/400, NetApp, Storage
Is there any relationship between AS/400 and NetApp (NAS storage). Will it be helpful at any point in having knowledge on these two technologies?
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| November 27, 2012 5:27 PM
AS/400, NetApp, Storage
DASD limit
What is the DASD limit (gigabytes) that can be allocated to an LPAR on a i5 570 Power6 that is running V5R4?
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| November 25, 2012 9:47 PM
DASD, LPAR Configuration
What is the DASD limit (gigabytes) that can be allocated to an LPAR on a i5 570 Power6 that is running V5R4?
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| November 25, 2012 9:47 PM
DASD, LPAR Configuration
Windows Server 2012 – VM Domain Controller
Hi, I am looking at implementing dual VMWare servers both running duplicate VM servers. 1 server would have a Virtual Exchange server and a Virtual Domain Controller. These would be to Network storage for data and mailboxes. The second server would also have a duplicated copy of the virtual servers and pointing to a network [...]
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| November 22, 2012 9:59 AM
Disaster Recovery, Domain Controller, VMware
Hi, I am looking at implementing dual VMWare servers both running duplicate VM servers. 1 server would have a Virtual Exchange server and a Virtual Domain Controller. These would be to Network storage for data and mailboxes. The second server would also have a duplicated copy of the virtual servers and pointing to a network [...]
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| November 22, 2012 9:59 AM
Disaster Recovery, Domain Controller, VMware
Hardware requirements for Backup Exec 2010 R3
What is the minimum hardware requirement to run Backup Exec 2010 R3 in Windows Server 2003?
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| October 31, 2012 4:06 AM
Backup Exec 2010, Storage, Symantec Backup Exec, Windows Server 2003
What is the minimum hardware requirement to run Backup Exec 2010 R3 in Windows Server 2003?
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| October 31, 2012 4:06 AM
Backup Exec 2010, Storage, Symantec Backup Exec, Windows Server 2003
Replication – Quick EDD
Has anyone had experience of migrating from Vision, (OMS ODS), to Quick EDD? I have 6 major Apps all running Vision replication at the moment and I need to upgrade. Quick EDD had been recommended to me and in initial trials it looks good. I just wanted to know if anyone had experience of Quick [...]
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| October 25, 2012 8:08 AM
Replication, Replication software
Has anyone had experience of migrating from Vision, (OMS ODS), to Quick EDD? I have 6 major Apps all running Vision replication at the moment and I need to upgrade. Quick EDD had been recommended to me and in initial trials it looks good. I just wanted to know if anyone had experience of Quick [...]
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| October 25, 2012 8:08 AM
Replication, Replication software
RAID Benefits
What are the benefits of implementing RAID?
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| October 24, 2012 5:31 PM
RAID
What are the benefits of implementing RAID?
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| October 24, 2012 5:31 PM
RAID
Windows server not boot
Added two more drives to the existing RAID5 array as logical drives. But after adding the Windows failed to boot. Physically removed the disks but Windows failed again. Any solution to this problem to boot Windows again? Kindly help.
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| October 24, 2012 4:03 PM
RAID 5, Windows Server 2003
Added two more drives to the existing RAID5 array as logical drives. But after adding the Windows failed to boot. Physically removed the disks but Windows failed again. Any solution to this problem to boot Windows again? Kindly help.
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| October 24, 2012 4:03 PM
RAID 5, Windows Server 2003
Disaster Recovery for Health Care Industry
Hi, I have EMC Clariion AX4-5 Storage which are connected to EMC brocade switch and it is serving the FC connectivity from production site. Now management is expecting us to setup the DR for Critical Application which are hosted in EMC Clariion AX4-5 Storage. Can we have suggestion, how do we proceed further?. What all [...]
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| October 23, 2012 9:52 AM
EMC CLARiiON AX4-5, Storage Area Network
Hi, I have EMC Clariion AX4-5 Storage which are connected to EMC brocade switch and it is serving the FC connectivity from production site. Now management is expecting us to setup the DR for Critical Application which are hosted in EMC Clariion AX4-5 Storage. Can we have suggestion, how do we proceed further?. What all [...]
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| October 23, 2012 9:52 AM
EMC CLARiiON AX4-5, Storage Area Network
KVM backup from a remote machine without creating any temporary file and without using Libvirt
Hi, I need to take the backup of all the VM’s running on a KVM from a remote machine without creating any temporary backup file on either of the systems and also without using any external library’s (such as libvirt). I want to use KVM’s original commands to take this backup. Also please let me [...]
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| October 22, 2012 7:55 AM
API, Backup & recovery, KVM, Remote access, Virtualization
Hi, I need to take the backup of all the VM’s running on a KVM from a remote machine without creating any temporary backup file on either of the systems and also without using any external library’s (such as libvirt). I want to use KVM’s original commands to take this backup. Also please let me [...]
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| October 22, 2012 7:55 AM
API, Backup & recovery, KVM, Remote access, Virtualization
