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. As always - your feedback…
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.…
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 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. Note: As always, the best way to find an answer to any question you have during the purchasing process is by…
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 need storage, are out of storage, or running out of storage but are unsure what you need – this guide…
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…
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/
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…
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…
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…