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Assess USB performance while exploring storage caching

Plug and Play

Use dd fluently to compare disk performance.
hardware , performance , Storage
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Monitoring, alerting, and trending with the TICK Stack

Cloud Radar

If you are looking for a monitoring, alerting, and trending solution for large landscapes, you will find all the components you need in the TICK Stack.
cloud , cluster , data , monitoring , Storage
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Shared Storage with NFS and SSHFS

HPC systems require shared filesystems to function effectively. Two really good choices for both small and large systems are NFS and SSHFS.

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Version 5.2 of the Ruby framework

Ticket to Ride

Ruby on Rails 5.2 was released during RailsConf, which took place in Pittsburgh in mid-April 2018. Although not much has changed for old Rails applications, you'll find a few notable additions for new ones.
cloud , encryption , Open Source , Security , Storage
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Highly available storage virtualization

Always On

Implementing highly available SAN data storage virtualization.
data , High Availability , Storage , Virtualization
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Aggregating information with Huginn

Smart Collection

Huginn collects information and data from websites and processes and mails it to a user. Huginn also executes predefined actions automatically for certain events; however, setting up the small IFTTT alternative requires some work.
Community , Storage , Web
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Storage Spaces Direct with different storage media

Colorful Mix

In Windows Server 2016, software-defined storage lets you combine several volumes to create a central storage pool; then, you can use a combination of HDD, SSD, and NVMe SSD storage media to divide the pool into different volumes.
Community , Storage , Windows Server
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Manage logical volumes with GUI tools

Fair Serving

Linux uses the Logical Volume Manager to manage large hard drives and mass storage clusters efficiently. We look at various graphical tools that help serve up logical volumes and volume groups.
cluster , graphical , Storage , tools
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Diving In

GlusterFS stores data across the network and can be used as a storage back end in cloud environments.

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Spartan Camp

If you believe Red Hat’s marketing hype, the company has no less than revolutionized data storage with version 2.1 of its Storage Server. The facts tell a rather different story.

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