How to remove stuck K8s namespaces
Sometimes Kubernetes namespaces get stuck in the terminating phase. This post shows you how to quickly remove them for good.
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Introducing the Linux Zerto Virtual Manager
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I’m back at Zerto (now HPE) in a new role!
It’s hard to believe that it has taken me over 6 months to sit down and write this post. Late last year I decided that Nasuni wasn’t for me, it wasn’t the people (Jeff, Paul, and Will, you guys are the best), it just wasn’t the perfect role for me; at the same time, I… -
MayaData launches Kubera Propel and Kubera Chaos
Palo Alto, CA – November 16th MayaData, a leading developer of open-source software for using Kubernetes as a data layer, announces the commercial availability of Kubera Propel and Kubera Chaos. Kubera Propel is based on the most popular open-source Container Attached Storage project, OpenEBS, which MayaData started and continues to lead. Kubera Chaos is based… -
Harbor: How to Deploy a Private Container Registry
What a container registry does Even a single docker host machine has to get its images from somewhere. That somewhere is a container registry. A container registry is typically a public server that allows multiple people to share these images. Container images are sort of like a zip file with everything a particular application (or… -
How to use a Cloudflare API Token for LetsEncrypt Validation on Ubuntu 20.04
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How to: Azure Custom DNS, Private Endpoints, and Zerto
Disclaimer PRIVATE ENDPOINTS REQUIRE GPV2 STORAGE ACCOUNTS. ZERTO IS A HIGH IO REPLICATION ENGINE AND GPV2 STORAGE ACCOUNTS HAVE AN EXPONENTIALLY HIGHER IO COST. (GPV1 = $.0004 per 10,000 READ OR WRITE IO, GPV2 = $.004 per 10,000 READ IO and $.05 per 10,000 WRITE IO). REPLICATING TO A GPV2 STORAGE ACCOUNT WITH ZERTO WILL… -
The Ultimate Nerd Raspberry Pi Cluster case version 2.0!
How do you make the Ultimate Nerd Raspberry Pi cluster case better!?! I wrote this article sometime in late 2019 or early 2020… apparently I forgot to click publish. Woops! So basically this post is about how I made my Pi cluster even better! One way is to make it twice as big! If you… -
What Happens When You Turn 240 Containers Against A SQL Server To Test VSS Stun Time
This is the story of how I created a load generator using containers to performance test MS SQL and the effects on VSS stun time. I’ve heard from customers more times than I can count that VSS is SUPER disruptive on their application. Some say it causes timeouts, some say users complain that things lock… -
How to Build a JunkYard Kubernetes Cluster on the Cheap!
This post is about recycling old hardware that you might never consider using for a lab. It won’t be a super technical post, but since Kubernetes requirements are not the same as virtualization hosts you might be surprised at the hardware you can use! Having fun doesn’t have to cost a lot of money, and…
Howto: Windows Storage Server for VMware Storage
Why? There are countless SAN vendors out there that work very well for VMware shared storage, there are also many linux distributions that provide iSCSI and NFS options for shared storage… So why use Windows Storage Server you might ask…
Zimbra Community Edition Installation and Review
What is Zimbra? (from the Zimbra website) “… It’s an email and calendar server plus much more; think about it like a next-generation Microsoft Exchange server. In addition to email and calendar, it provides document storage and editing, instant messaging,…
My Virtual Christmas List
So its almost that time of year again where mom’s and dad’s start asking what we want for Christmas. Normally I reply with, “I don’t know”, because the only stuff I’m interested in these days is servers and storage and…
Updated: Things That Are Missing/My Wish List
Over the last couple of weeks I have noticed some things that I think are missing in several of my favorite products. Lets start with VMware vSphere. The feature I’m going to talk about first isnt really “needed” as there…
Virtualizing USB Devices
One of the biggest things that I have seen people worry about when planning a virtualization project are USB license keys. We work with manufacturing facilities a lot and many software vendors for their line of business still seem to…
Power Outage and Upgrades
If you tried to access my site Saturday you probably got a “page could not be displayed” message. Apparently the power at the datacenter in Dayton went out for a bit and took out one of the service providers switches.…
Recipe for SMB Clusters
Ingredients: 1 – VMware Software Package 1 or 2 – Gigabit Network Switch 2 or 3 – 64-bit Capable Server 1 – SAN Directions: Load servers with VMware ESXi, configure vswitches Configure SAN, add SAN to ESXi servers and format…
HP P2000 (MSA2000i) Review
Related Articles include: Running vSphere 4 on HP P2000 and HP P2000/MSA G3: A First look for SMB’s Recently I was given the chance to install an HP P2000 / MSA2000i iSCSI SAN for a customer. This blog post details…
LRITA Presentation Slides
I was asked to post my presentation from tonight’s Lima Regional IT Alliance meeting. It was a basic (not completely organized) presentation on virtualization project planning and some tips for keeping your VMware implementation running smoothly. SMSproTech – Virtualization Presentation…
VMWorld impressions so far
We landed at SFO about 5pm Sunday. Took the BART to downtown, which was $8.10… much cheaper then the $50 dollar cab ride the last time I was here. The BART was surprisingly a fun experience and only took maybe…