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Author Archives: Alex Galbraith
VCP6-DCV Delta Exam (2V0-621D) Study Guide and Exam Experience
Having successfully completed the VCP6-DCV Delta Exam (2V0-621D) this week, I thought it would be worthwhile jotting down a few thoughts on the exam, and noting the resources [..]
What a Fan-tash-tic result for Movember! Thank you!
This is just a quick post to thank you, everyone, for your amazing support of my (let’s be honest, poor!) Movember efforts! After 30 days and nights of [..]
Where and why is my data growing?…
I’ve written recently about issues of data gravity and data inertia, and about how important analytics are to managing your data “stockpile”, but one thing I haven’t gone [..]
Storage, Tech Field Day
aggregates, analytics, filesystem, NAS, NFS, QSFS, Qumulo, REST, scale-out, SFD8, SMB, statistics, storage, Tech Field Day, TFD
NanoLab – Part 10 – Your NUCs are nice and cool, but what about your stick?
I have been running a variety of Intel NUC nodes in my vSphere homelab over the past 3 years now, including the D34010WYKH, DC3217IYE & DC53427HYE. In that [..]
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