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By Tom Fenton
Tom shows how to set up an iSCSI target using both the GUI (Server Manager) and PowerShell, and then adding it to his ESXi server.
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If it's not because of an increased workload, check for problems with the instance's storage.
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Instead of sifting through the EBS console to look for volumes that might not be in use, a more practical option is to use the AWS Trusted Advisor.
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Along with EC2 Elastic Block Storage (EBS) for persistent block storage, users can create one or more instance stores.
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Brien Posey explains the process, which can help you to better manage data growth and the corresponding cost, along with providing other benefits.
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By Tom Fenton
Tom Fenton puts "crush-proof" ruggedness claims to the test with a fall, a truck, a snow ski, water and ice.
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By Tom Fenton
Yes, Tom Fenton uses ESXi on a Raspberry Pi, but with an added twist: using an M.2 SATA SSD device for USB storage.
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By Tom Fenton
For organizations looking to maintain data security amid the work-from-home movement, Tom Fenton reviews the 16GB datAshur BT 16GB flash drive, which can be unlocked via Bluetooth from a cell phone, and, more importantly, has remote management functionality for enterprise use.
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By Tom Fenton
Tom follows up on his previous article about installing FreeNAS and using it to create an NFS share to back a VM, now creating an iSCSI target on FreeNAS and using that target as backing for a vSphere VM.
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By Tom Fenton
FreeNAS is one one of the most popular software-defined storage products available and in this article Tom Fenton shows you how he installed it on a virtual machine to provide an NFS Share.
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After previously explaining how to create immutable storage within Amazon S3, Brien Posey details some additional capabilities such as automated data lifecycle management or the ability to place a legal hold on certain data.
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Brien Posey demonstrates Object Lock and other functionality for immutable storage on the AWS cloud, often used for compliance mandates and increasingly in conjunction with backup and recovery solutions since some types of ransomware are now designed to target backups.
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Brien Posey already showed you how to create a Virtual Private Cloud endpoint and a storage gateway. In this third part of the series, he'll show you how to set up the virtual appliance and activate the storage gateway.
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Today Broadcom Inc. announced the availability of Glass Creek, its new NVMe over Fabrics (NVMe-oF) storage adapter.
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Western Digital Corp. (WDC) announced key enhancements to its ActiveScale cloud object storage family.
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By Tom Fenton
This year at DTW there was such a wide array of news and announcements made, but here are five things that especially caught my eye.
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Cyber protection and hybrid cloud storage provider Acronis released Acronis Backup 12.5 Update 4 at the beginning of April.
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This week at Google Cloud Next '19 in San Francisco, Calif., hyper-converged Kubernetes platform provider Robin.io announced its partnership with Google Cloud to bring additional capabilities to Google Cloud Anthos, formerly Google Cloud Services Platform.
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Last week Microsoft announced that GA versions of Azure Data Box Edge and Azure Data Box Gateway are now available through the Microsoft Azure Portal.
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Today, Zadara Storage Inc. announced new upgrades to its Virtual Private Storage Array (VPSA), available in the AWS Marketplace.
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The AWS FSx service allows you to create an external file system that can be attached to an EC2 instance for supplementary storage.
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Paul Schnackenburg examines the current storage options for Azure IaaS VMs, as well as the new offering, Ultra SSD, released in preview at Ignite 2018.
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By Tom Fenton
Barcelona included some eye-catching tech.
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By Tom Fenton
This year, NetApp laid out a roadmap for its future and educated its customers about its existing product line.
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By Tom Fenton
With the event just a few weeks away, here's what's piquing Tom Fenton's interest at this year's conference.