Ceph Storage can be completely managed and monitored via its command line tools. But, wouldn’t it be better to have a nice interface to see it running, checking its status, and have some performance statistics? Well, yes, and here’s a way to have it, thanks to Ceph Dash.
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Quickly build a new Ceph cluster with ceph-deploy on CentOS 7
One year ago, i published a series of 10 blog posts called My adventures with Ceph Storage. As I had recently to rebuild my Ceph cluster from scratch, I decided it was time to create a quick guide to build the cluster as fast as possible.
Am I doing backups of all my VMs? 2016 Edition
In 2012 I published a post with a Powershell script to be able to check all the available VM’s in a given vSphere environment, and verify which ones were protected by Veeam Backup & Replication. Time to update the script to make it work with the latest versions of the two software.
Public IP’s or NAT-ed IP’s in Veeam Cloud Connect Replication
Is it better to use real public IP’s or NAT-ed IP’s when publishing Veeam Cloud Connect Replication? Here’s why I think real public IP’s are a better choice.
Run Veeam Powershell from any machine
The best part of the new Veeam Standalone Console is the fact that Veeam PowerShell snap-in installs as part of this component, and it includes a new cmd-let: Connect-VBRServer. YES! No more PowerShell remoting to invoke your Veeam PowerShell scripts.
Make your own followers rankings with twitter API
I’ve created a quick script a few months ago that reads and sorts the number of followers of different twitter users. A funny way to learn a bit how to use OAuth and Twitter API.
With vSphere 6, snapshot consolidation issues are a thing of the past!
Snapshot commit operations have always been a problem, especially for large and really active virtual machines. But vSphere 6 has introduced some changes that are probably going to make commits a problem of the past!
Playing with BTRFS
In my previous post, I talked about BTRFS, a modern and exciting filesystem for Linux. In this new post, I’m going to give you a quick walkthrough on what you can do with it.