Tag Archives: storage

Using VDO on CentOS/RHEL7 for Storage Efficiency

Posted on September 13, 2018 by Will Foster

Besides Btrfs, native Linux-based storage solutions have lagged behind the robustness and features of ZFS and the BSDs. Recently Red Hat acquired Permabit which provides an Open Source device-mapper Linux kernel driver and layer that sits between block devices and … Continue reading →

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Creating lots of iSCSI LUNs Quickly on Netapp

Posted on February 15, 2016 by Will Foster

I’ve been using Netapp technology since Ontap 6 before flexible volumes were around, and it’s my favorite commercial storage platform. They provide a robust CLI and you can automate repetitive tasks by using SSH and a bit of creativity. Recently … Continue reading →