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  • Creating a Linux LVM Logical Volume on an iSCSI SAN

    Dec 8, 2014 iscsi linux lun netapp san storage

    Recently I had an Oracle database server used by some developers that was running out of space on its data volume mounted at /u02. The volume was a simple MBR volume (think fdisk), so it couldn’t be non-destructively extended without using a third-party utility like gparted. That would have been fine, but rather than …

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  • Creating a Linux File Server for Windows CIFS/SMB, NFS, etc.

    Jul 28, 2014 cifs iscsi kerberos linux lvm redhat smb storage

    Recently I needed to build a multipurpose file server to host CIFS and NFS shares — CIFS for the Windows users, and NFS for VMWare to store ISOs. It needed to utilize back end storage (NetApp via iSCSI), provide Windows ACLs for the CIFS shares, and be able to authenticate against two different Active Directory …

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  • How to Make NetApp Use the Correct Interface for iSCSI

    Jan 25, 2012 iscsi netapp networking snapmirror storage

    If you’re familiar with networking you know that when a device is directly connected to two separate IP networks, traffic destined for one of those networks should egress on the interface that is directly connected to that network. For example, if your storage appliance is directly connected to the 172.16.1.0/24 …

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  • How to Make NetApp SnapMirror Use a Specific Interface

    Dec 28, 2011 storage netapp

    If you have two Netapp filers and want to use Snapmirror to replicate volumes or qtrees between the two, but want to force the replication traffic to traverse a specific network, there is a quick and easy way to do it. You’ll need a few things to get started: – SSH access to both filers – Network configuration on and …

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  • Deduplication For Everyone

    Feb 22, 2011 storage

    If you have a lot of duplicate data sitting around on laptops, USB drives, and external hard drives, you probably would like to clean it up and get back some of that wasted free space. But you probably don’t have time to go through and delete all the duplicates, or you’re concerned if you do you will mis-identify a …

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