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QuantaStor Log Aggregation with Fluentd
Overview Many organizations use analysis and management technologies to facilitate efficient troubleshooting and monitoring of platforms and applications that span multiple nodes/VMs/containers/devices. To accomplish this, the first step is to aggregate the required logs. Log aggregation is the process of collecting, centralizing, and organizing log data from multiple sources into a… Listen ⇢
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Using QuantaStor Scale-out File, Block and Object Storage with Proxmox
Overview Many organizations are currently re-evaluating their options when it comes to the virtualization platform they standardize on as Broadcom has been making changes to the VMware licensing options. We’ve seen that many organizations are now making Proxmox their platform of choice given its more flexible licensing options. In this… Listen ⇢
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Using QuantaStor Scale-out File Storage with Kubernetes via Ceph-CSI
Overview Kubernetes with Ceph as the storage back-end is one of the most popular ways to deploy storage for Kubernetes but there are not many resources out there that really show how to deploy that from start to finish. Beyond that, setting up and maintaining a Ceph cluster requires more… Listen ⇢
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Nextcloud Install Using QuantaStor Scale-out Object Storage Backend
Overview Nextcloud is… “… the most popular on-premises content collaboration platform you can download. It scales from a Raspberry Pi with 2 users to globally distributed installations with tens of millions of users at major hosting providers.” Or, “… an open-source, self-hosted cloud storage solution that provides users with control… Listen ⇢
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Transforming Tape to Object Storage with PoINT & QuantaStor
Tape has been a stalwart and cost effective means of backing up and archiving data for generations. But in recent years tape has started to give way to cloud based object storage solutions that are easier to interface with and recover data from using S3 and other object storage protocols.… Listen ⇢
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Auto-tiering Ceph Object Storage – Part Two
In Part Two of this blog series we’re getting into the fun part of writing a simple Lua script to start automatically tiering (organizing) S3 objects into the right pools by dynamically changing the Storage Class setting on the fly as objects are being uploaded (S3 PUTs). If you haven’t… Listen ⇢
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Auto-tiering Ceph Object Storage – Part One
S3-compatible object storage systems generally have the ability to store objects into different tiers with different characteristics so you can get the best combination of cost and performance to match the needs of any given application workload. Storage tiers are referred to as ‘Storage Classes’ in S3 parlance with example… Listen ⇢
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Increasing Storage Security with 2-Factor-Authentication
There are many things you can do to make your QuantaStor storage system more secure (strong passwords, snapshots, etc.) but one of the easiest things you can do is to enable two-factor-authentication (2FA) that was added in QuantaStor 6.2. QuantaStor uses TOTP or Time-based One-Time Passwords for 2FA and it… Listen ⇢
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The Problem With Jumbo Frames
The humble Ethernet frame, the packet, is sent and received across your network and across the internet in chunks, “frames”, “packets”, each containing just 1500 bytes by default. You’ll see this set in your network interface settings as the MTU or “maximum transmission unit” and it sets the maximum packet… Listen ⇢
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