Linux
FIO – Benchmark Testing
I want to go over some benchmark testing using FIO, these are just to demonstrate how FIO runs and not actual performance numbers. First FIO – what is that? Flexible I/O Tester FIO spawns a […]
Technology
Coffee
Working Remote…
I love working remote – here is my setup and some of my favorite gadgets to take with me. Join me for coffee! […]
Linux
Jumbo Frames on Ubuntu
Yo, you said JUMBO not DUMBO. Right, I get it, the picture of Dumbo may help us with jumbo frames, I’ll explain. For now – here’s how to enable jumbo frames, or MTU: 9000 First, […]
Pure Storage
iSCSI – the WWW(Wild Wild West) of SAN
Let’s go over iSCSI on Pure Storage //FlashArray and Linux, I’ll be using Ubuntu. Let’s go over a few things so you have them out the gate: Let’s start with the basics on the Ubuntu […]
Pure Storage
NCONNECT: SUPER CHARGE NFS
What is NCONNECT? Linux has a feature called “nconnect” that enables multiple TCP connections for a single NFS mount. The nconnect mount option exists in all Linux distributions with kernel 5.3 or higher and can be used […]
Humor
Pure Storage
Stop playing LUN Tetris – Databases on Pure.
Databases – How do you architect your databases? Many DBA’s will architect their databases in two ways, one for Performance and one for resiliency. More than likely you are playing Tetris with your database configuration […]