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Category Archives: Storage

In Support of the Home Lab….the Varrow way.

A couple of challenges that a lot of us in the industry face are that of keeping our skills sharp and having the capability to learn new products and technologies.  At Varrow we have a very fundamental engineering culture.  The company was built around that and it’s something we constantly work to grow and foster. [...]
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Lab Gear Review: Synology DS212+

If you read my lab posts or talk to my about lab gear it’s no secret that I’m a fan of Synology NAS boxes and for good reason.  I personally bought two, a DS1010+ for my vSphere lab and a DS1511+ for lab, media, and home storage/backup.  They have both been nothing but reliable…true workhorses. [...]
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How-To Generate and Collect NAR Data from VNX Arrays

Login to the Unisphere console Select the array you want to collect data from Click on the “System” tab, then click on “Monitoring and Alerts” Click on “Statistics for Block” Click on “Performance Data Logging” A “Data Logging” windows will appear.  Configure the settings to match the screenshot below.  Leave the “Archive Interval” set to [...]
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EMC VNXe Array Series: The Beginning…

Hey, what’s that in the box right there? Well, the big box on the bottom is an EMC VNXe 3300 array.   The boxes on top, unfortunately, weren’t mine.  They contained some solid state drives and another tray of disks…but oh well…  Over the next several weeks I will be doing a series of posts on [...]
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