The Enterprise and Open-Source Storage
(Jun 27, 2008, 03:00 UTC) (1818 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
Storage Soup: "...I've also heard similar withering talk about Sun's open storage in particular, and can only imagine Sun's open-source push is making this topic timely..."

Remote Backups for Linux and BSD
(Jun 2, 2008, 09:00 UTC) (3580 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
Raiden's Realm: "Backups are an important element of system maintenance on any system, and should be, at least in my opinion, mandatory for all users to perform regularly..."

Linux File Systems: Ready for the Future?
(May 31, 2008, 00:00 UTC) (7831 reads) (6 talkbacks) (feedback)
Enterprise Storage Forum: "My article three weeks ago on Linux file systems set off a firestorm unlike any other I've written in the decade I've been writing on storage and technology issues..."

Redundant Array Of Inexpensive Disks (RAID)--Technical Paper
(May 29, 2008, 04:30 UTC) (4159 reads) (4 talkbacks) (feedback)
HowtoForge: "The storage capacity and data retrieval speeds of Hard Disks have increased multiple folds in last few years..."

Online Storage with Wuala
(May 27, 2008, 00:00 UTC) (3585 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
Linux Journal: "At it's most basic level, Wuala is an online storage service. Like other services it aims to allow you to access your files from anywhere, even if your home or office computer is turned off..."

Recover a MySQL Table with Zmanda Recovery Manager
(May 13, 2008, 06:00 UTC) (2489 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
Linux Journal: "If somebody accidentally drops a critical table in MySQL, the application no longer works. The solution to this problem is to utilize the (open source) Zmanda Recovery Manager..."

Linux File Systems: You Get What You Pay For
(May 12, 2008, 18:00 UTC) (9105 reads) (19 talkbacks) (feedback)
Enterprise Storage Forum: "Linux file systems have a number of limitations that make them a poor choice for large and high-performance computing environments..."

Geek Sheet: Bare-Metal Backup and Recovery
(May 8, 2008, 18:00 UTC) (4616 reads) (5 talkbacks) (feedback)
Between the Lines: "Tired of the same old punditry and OS wars? Want to read something practical you can actually use and apply to your real job...?"

Indexing Offline CD-ROM Archives
(May 8, 2008, 09:00 UTC) (2403 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
Free Software Magazine: "Suppose you've been good (or sort of good anyway), and you have a huge stack of CD-ROMs (or DVDs) with backups and archives of your old files. Great. But how can you find anything...?"

Backing up Microsoft Exchange... with Yahoo's Zimbra
(May 4, 2008, 20:00 UTC) (4033 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
LinuxWorld: "But a small Austin-based vendor is using Zimbra to complement, not replace, Microsoft's market-leading e-mail server..."

Sun Pushes Open Source Storage
(May 3, 2008, 16:00 UTC) (3412 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
Enterprise Storage Forum: "The vendor contends that open source technology provides cheaper, more cost-effective storage infrastructures, just as open source efforts in the past led to cheaper server environments..."

Bacula: Backups That Don't Suck
(Apr 24, 2008, 09:00 UTC) (4220 reads) (1 talkbacks) (feedback)
Linux.com: "Good systems administrators know that implementing a robust backup procedure is one of their most important duties..."

Gifts of Open Source
(Apr 22, 2008, 10:30 UTC) (2224 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
LinuxWorld: "Combining 'Open Source' and 'storage' in the same sentence used to trigger a sardonic grin, but no longer. The availability of free and open software is as true today for storage as it is for operating systems and applications..."

Benchmarking Linux Filesystems on Software RAID 1
(Apr 22, 2008, 09:00 UTC) (4737 reads) (1 talkbacks) (feedback)
Lone Wolves: "A couple of months ago I got a couple of wonderful birthday presents. My lovely geeky girlfriend got me two Western Digital 500 GB SATA 3.0 drives, which were promptly supplemented with a 3ware 9550XS 4-port hardware RAID card..."

Inspecting Disk IO Performance with fio
(Apr 10, 2008, 07:30 UTC) (4990 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
Linux.com: "Storage performance has failed to keep up with that of other major components of computer systems. Hard disks have gotten larger, but their speed has not kept pace with the relative speed improvements in RAM and CPU technology..."

Linux Gains New Architecture Support
(Mar 28, 2008, 10:30 UTC) (5028 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
LinuxDevices: "Dozens of network-attached storage (NAS) servers and other consumer appliances are about to gain mainline kernel and Debian GNU/Linux support..."

How To Set Up Software RAID1 On A Running LVM System
(Mar 24, 2008, 06:00 UTC) (3563 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
HowtoForge: "This guide explains how to set up software RAID1 on an already running LVM system (Debian Etch)..."

Creating Snapshot-Backups with BackerUpper On Ubuntu 7.10
(Mar 12, 2008, 06:00 UTC) (3612 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
HowtoForge: "BackerUpper is a tool similar to Apple's TimeMachine..."

Multipath Storage with Xen and DS4800
(Mar 12, 2008, 04:30 UTC) (3057 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
developerWorks: "Virtualization technology was part of the IBM mainframe decades before virtualization gained its current industry adoption..."

Manage a Linux RAID 10 Storage Server
(Mar 5, 2008, 07:00 UTC) (5391 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
Enterprise Networking Planet: "Today we'll learn how to monitor, maintain, and make changes in our RAID 10 array. We'll make it bigger, smaller, safely test failure recovery, and set up monitoring and failure notifications..."

Back Up Your Files With Fwbackups On Fedora 8
(Mar 3, 2008, 07:00 UTC) (3178 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
HowtoForge: "This document describes how to set up, configure and use Fwbackups on a Fedora 8 desktop..."

Sun's Source Code Donation Met With Skepticism
(Feb 28, 2008, 19:00 UTC) (3618 reads) (1 talkbacks) (feedback)
internetnews.com: "Sun is donating the source code for the Sun StorageTek 5800 system to the OpenSolaris storage and Java.net communities..."

Create a Backup Server with Restore
(Feb 21, 2008, 13:00 UTC) (4954 reads) (1 talkbacks) (feedback)
Linux.com: "Perhaps the number one reason why people neglect to back up their desktops is the lack of workable solution. It can be difficult to find a method configurable enough to suite everyone's needs..."

Build Your Own RAID Storage Server with Linux
(Feb 21, 2008, 08:30 UTC) (6549 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
Enterprise Networking Planet: "If you've been thinking of building yourself a dedicated storage server, this is a good time to do it..."

CleverSafe Out With Commercial Open Source Dispersed Storage Network
(Feb 19, 2008, 19:45 UTC) (1989 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
internetnews.com: "Open source storage startup Cleversafe is moving into the second stage of its evolution, with new hardware appliances built on top of its core open source dispersed storage network technology..."

Managing Hardware RAIDs with Adaptec Storage Manager and Ubuntu
(Feb 14, 2008, 08:30 UTC) (4916 reads) (4 talkbacks) (feedback)
SearchEnterpriseLinux: "Ubuntu Server deployment confronts a roadblock in terms of hardware management of redundant arrays of independent disks..."

Debian/Ubuntu Linux Install and Configure Remote Filesystem Snapshot...
(Feb 14, 2008, 07:00 UTC) (4015 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
nixCraft: "I'd like to configure my Debian box to backup two remote servers using rsnapshot software..."

Backing up in Ubuntu is Finally Made Simple: TimeVault
(Feb 12, 2008, 05:30 UTC) (5969 reads) (7 talkbacks) (feedback)
Techthrob: "File backups are a key element for every user and on every computer..."

CLI Magic: Manage All Your Archives with atool
(Feb 6, 2008, 05:30 UTC) (3306 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
Linux.com: "The atool package is a collection of Perl scripts that allows you to handle many different archive formats and compression schemes using a single command-line interface..."

Creating Snapshot-Backups with FlyBack On Ubuntu 7.10
(Feb 5, 2008, 05:30 UTC) (3720 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
HowtoForge: "FlyBack is a tool similar to Apple's TimeMachine. It is intended to create snapshot-backups of selected directories or even your full hard drive..."

HP Introduces Linux-Based NAS Appliances
(Feb 2, 2008, 13:00 UTC) (6957 reads) (1 talkbacks) (feedback)
LinuxDevices: "Hewlett-Packard is debuting two Linux-based networked attached storage devices for the consumer/SOHO market..."

Virtually Speaking: FalconStor, Virtual Iron Eye Virtual Storage
(Jan 16, 2008, 22:00 UTC) (2612 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
ServerWatch: "Virtual Iron strolled further down the path on its virtual storage roadmap this week with the announcement that it was joining forces with FalconStor Software to deliver a number of storage-centric virtualization capabilities...."

Creating Snapshot Backups Of Your Desktop With Timevault On Ubuntu 7.10
(Dec 30, 2007, 17:00 UTC) (6001 reads) (6 talkbacks) (feedback)
HowtoForge: "This document describes how to set up, configure and use Timevault on Ubuntu 7.10. The resulting system provides a powerful backup system for desktop usage..."

Using Camcorder Tapes to Back Up Files
(Dec 29, 2007, 09:00 UTC) (5136 reads) (3 talkbacks) (feedback)
Linux.com: "DV and MiniDV camcorder tapes can be used for more than just storing audio and video recordings. If you have a camcorder and a FireWire connection to your computer, you can also use them to store files..."

Why Big Compute and Big Storage Will Meet Big Pipe at the Last Mile
(Dec 25, 2007, 04:00 UTC) (3311 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
Linux Journal: "The next big frontier for Big Linux Build-out will be at a back end that's as close as anyone can get the front lines of big video production..."

Fibre Channel Over Ethernet Goes Open Source
(Dec 18, 2007, 17:30 UTC) (3396 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
internetnews.com: "Although Ethernet is the dominant interconnect for LANs, when it comes to storage and SANs, it lags other technologies, notably Fibre Channel. That's about to change..."

Virtually Speaking: Storage, The New Frontier
(Dec 13, 2007, 03:15 UTC) (2774 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
ServerWatch: "As thoughts turn to mistletoe and champagne, the virtualization infrastructure vendors delivered holiday cheer in the form of new product releases on Tuesday..."

(How) Has Open Source Data Warehousing Developed?
(Nov 29, 2007, 13:00 UTC) (4395 reads) (1 talkbacks) (feedback)
Intelligent Enterprise: "Given the strengths of open source database management systems (DBMSes), open source seems like a natural platform for data warehousing..."

Samba Isn't Enough For Sun
(Nov 26, 2007, 18:15 UTC) (7090 reads) (1 talkbacks) (feedback)
internetnews.com: "What does it take to have seamless Microsoft Windows file sharing and transfer capabilities on a *nix system? According to Sun Microsystems, it takes more than just Samba..."

Linux Backups For Real People, Part 3
(Nov 15, 2007, 20:30 UTC) (4447 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
LinuxPlanet: "Today we're going to create menu icons for launching our backups whenever we darned well feel like it, set up a simple network backup scheme, and create automatic scheduled backups..."

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