fighting the lack of good ideas
Last time I talked about storage robustifiers. In the context of a couple applications with which I am familiar, I want to discuss ways to approach balancing storage types and allocations. Storage Overview Core requirements of any modern server, from a storage standpoint, are the following: RAM swap Base OS storage OS/application log storage Application…
In part 2, I introduced SAN/NAS devices, and in part 1, I looked as the more basic storage type, DAS. Today we’ll look at redundancy and bundling/clustering of storage as a start of a robust storage approach. Before I go any further, please note I am not a “storage admin” – I have a pretty broad…
Continuing my series on storage strategies and options (see part 1), today I want to briefly look at SAN and NAS options. First, storage area networks. SANs are “dedicated network[s] that provides access to consolidated, block level data storage”. Storage presented to a target server appears to the machine as if it is a “real”…
In follow-up to my previous article about bind mounts, here is the first in a series on storage strategies (while everything contained in this series is applicable to desktops and laptops, the main thrust will be towards servers). Today we’ll look at local/simple storage options (DAS – both the spinning and solid-state varieties). The most…
Over the past several years, I have grown quite fond of the ability to do bind mounts on Linux. First, a little background. Most applications have specific directory structure requirements. Many have wildly varying space requirements depending on how a given install is utilized. For example, HPSA can use anywhere from 40-400-4000 gigabytes of space…