Configure SSL certificates for Hitachi Content Platform
The Hitachi Content Platform is a great platform for storing content. Here is a quick video to help you configure your SSL certificates.
Storage
Configure Hyper-V vSAN
One of the best features in Microsoft Windows Server 2012/R2 and Hyper-V Server 2012/R2 is the ability to connect a VM directly to your Fiber Channel Storage Array. This feature is called Virtual HBA or vSAN. In order to get this feature working we need to follow a couple of …
TechEd 2013 Storage Related Sessions
Last week in New Orleans , Microsoft presented their new solutions based on Windows Server 2012 R2. Microsoft message to their customers is that they can deliver enterprise class storage with commodity hardware. Tiering, caching, optimization for the commodity hardware. Transform the Datacenter with Server and Management Innovations from Microsoft …
Windows Server 2012 NFS Server Configuration
Windows Server 2012 has the option to not only share the storage with Windows Clients but with UNIX like servers too. In this tutorial we will install and configure the Windows Server 2012 NFS server. Steps to install NFS server Open Administrator PowerShell window Import-Module Servermanager Add-WindowFeature FS-NFS-Server,RSAT-NFS Steps to …
Get IOPS per Process
Here is a quick one line to get how many IOPS each process is using. Get-WmiObject Win32_PerfFormattedData_PerfProc_Process | Select Name, IOReadOperationsPerSec, IOWriteOperationsPerSec, IOReadBytesPerSec, IOWriteBytesPerSec
Change Windows Server 2012 Storage Space Pool from Read to Read/Write
After you rebuild a Windows Server 2012 server all the storage spaces will default to read-only mode. Here are two commands to set them back to read/write mode. Get-StoragePool | Where-Object {$_.IsReadonly –eq $True } | Set-StoragePool –IsReadonly $False Get-VirtualDisk | Where-Object {$_.IsManualAttach –eq $True} | Set-VirtualDisk –IsManualAttach $False
How to create a drop folder in Windows file server
Windows has different file permissions that when combined in the combined correctly may work as an internal drop folder for a company or school. Share Permission Users: Change Managers: Full Control NTFS Permissions Users: List and Change Manager: Change
Personal Storage Cloud for Under $300
Everyone is talking about cloud services and how to leverage them for business or personal use. After playing for a lot of them I found an alternative solution that allows you to create your own personal storage cloud for under $300. The solution is call PogoPlug. http://www.pogoplug.com/ . Here is what …