Main Page
From Greg Porter's Wiki
Welcome to Greg Porter's Wiki.
This is my random collection of things that need wiki pages.
Contents |
Nexenta
Nexenta for iSCSI and virtualization - Use Nexenta for iSCSI for virtualization, like ESX and XenServer
DDRdrive
The DDRdrive X1 is "The drive for speed". They may be the fastest drives in the world. Certainly the fastest drive I have ever seen. Here's some fun and games with DDRdrive.
Testing DDRdrive with Windows Server 2008 - How a DDRdrive X1 stacks up against enterprise class SAS drives (DDRdrive is *A LOT* faster, duh).
Testing DDRdrive with Nexenta - DDRdrives are superbly suited to use as a ZFS Intent Log (ZIL) accelerator. Here's how.
Openfiler
Openfiler, the Missing Manual - Use Openfiler for iSCSI for virtualization, like ESX and XenServer
Openfiler and XenServer - Use Openfiler based iSCSI storage for XenServer
Openfiler and VMware - Use Openfiler based iSCSI storage for VMware ESX
Filer Performance Tests
Filer Performance - Simple performance comparisons between Equallogic, Nexenta, and Openfiler (To summarize: Nexenta won)
XenServer
XenServer 5.5 Load Notes - You should *NEVER* load a OS again on a bare metal server. Seriously. Anything "production" should be a virtual machine running on a hypervisor. If you can't afford a real hypervisor like ESX, then try XenServer.
XenServer versus ESX - How XenServer virtual machine performance compares to ESX in simple benchmarks
Openfiler Performance - How Openfiler iSCSI performance compares to "real" iSCSI arrays like Equallogic and NetApp in simple tests with virtualization
XenDesktop
XenDesktop's Live Desktop Streaming using Citrix Provisioning Server 5.1 - Boot machines from one central image
Other
Benchmarking - Simple benchmarks normal humans can run with hopefully real world results.
Servers4Linux - I tinker with, take notes and photos of, and sometimes sell, various interesting servers and disk arrays.
How I Installed This Wiki - Installing MediaWiki on LAMP, specifically on a he.net server.
