Terraform is one of my favorites open source tools, I started to use it with my internal VMware and after with cloud Azure and AWS. The idea of describing an infrastructure with a configuration language is relatively new and starts Read more…
Last week I’ve installed a Slurm cluster to manage a large set of computing nodes, Slurm is one of the most widely supported job scheduler for Linux and Unix. It’s difficult to find on-line a CentOS 6 installation tutorial, it’s Read more…
Project Honolulu, used in my latest post about Windows 2019, is now in GA for free with a new name, Windows Admin Center. I like it very much and the upgrade in place is smooth, as for the previous version Read more…
I’ve done some tests with the build 17623 and the latest Project Honolulu management interface. I’ve created a LAB with 3 VMs on VMware ESXi 6.5 with 2 SSD and 3 SATA LUN to test the Hyper-Converged Cluster and Deduplication Read more…
To expand our infrastructure to develop some new services, I have tested the VMware’s compatible Docker platform. You can obtain an official VMware release (OVA format) from the vSphere Integrated Containers download page on VMware website, the current version is Read more…
I’ve tried to insert an SSD tier on a 3 node ceph block storage to check the performance boost. The landscape is composed by 6 CentOS VM, 1 admin, 1 monitor+dashboard, 3 osd and 1 rbd client used as nfs Read more…
Step to create and convert a single monolithic WordPress to an HA scalabale application: create an AWS account; create a security group; launch a standard AMI WordPress; divide Application layer from DB layer; setup an HA frontend with Load Balancing Read more…
ONTAP Select is the SDS product of NetApp. I’ve tested NetApp Edge in the past, a virtual version of NetApp Filer, but limited to 10TB in a single VM. This product instead is a production ready HA 4 node server Read more…
The pioneer of next generation storage consolidates its presence in Italy, where it is growing dramatically winning new customers Translated Version of : Pure Storage, when growth is flash – Data Manager Online
