Linux Tutorials on the topic “storage”
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High-Availability Storage With GlusterFS 3.2.x On CentOS 6.3 - Automatic File Replication (Mirror) Across Two Storage Servers
Author: Falko Timme •
Tags: centos, high-availability, storage •
Comments: 4 This tutorial shows how to set up a high-availability storage with two storage servers (CentOS 6.3) that use GlusterFS. Each storage server will be a mirror of the other storage server, and files will be replicated automatically across both storage servers. The client system (CentOS 6.3 as well) will be able to access the storage as if it was a local filesystem. GlusterFS is a clustered file-system capable of scaling to several peta-bytes. It aggregates various storage bricks over Infiniband RDMA or TCP/IP interconnect into one large parallel network file system. Storage bricks can be made of any commodity hardware such as x86_64 servers with SATA-II RAID and Infiniband HBA.
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Creating An NFS-Like Standalone Storage Server With GlusterFS 3.2.x On CentOS 6.3
Author: Falko Timme •
Tags: centos, storage •
Comments: 1 This tutorial shows how to set up a standalone storage server on CentOs 6.3. Instead of NFS, I will use GlusterFS here. The client system will be able to access the storage as if it was a local filesystem. GlusterFS is a clustered file-system capable of scaling to several peta-bytes. It aggregates various storage bricks over Infiniband RDMA or TCP/IP interconnect into one large parallel network file system. Storage bricks can be made of any commodity hardware such as x86_64 servers with SATA-II RAID and Infiniband HBA.
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Using ATA Over Ethernet (AoE) On Ubuntu 12.10 (Initiator And Target)
Author: Falko Timme •
Tags: storage, ubuntu •
Comments: 1 This guide explains how you can set up an AoE target and an AoE initiator (client), both running Ubuntu 12.10. AoE stands for "ATA over Ethernet" and is a storage area network (SAN) protocol which allows AoE initiators to use storage devices on the (remote) AoE target using normal ethernet cabling. "Remote" in this case means "inside the same LAN" because AoE is not routable outside a LAN (this is a major difference compared to iSCSI). To the AoE initiator, the remote storage looks like a normal, locally-attached hard drive.
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Using ATA Over Ethernet (AoE) On CentOS 6.3 (Initiator And Target)
Author: Falko Timme •
Tags: centos, storage •
Comments: 0 This guide explains how you can set up an AoE target and an AoE initiator (client), both running CentOS 6.3. AoE stands for "ATA over Ethernet" and is a storage area network (SAN) protocol which allows AoE initiators to use storage devices on the (remote) AoE target using normal ethernet cabling. "Remote" in this case means "inside the same LAN" because AoE is not routable outside a LAN (this is a major difference compared to iSCSI). To the AoE initiator, the remote storage looks like a normal, locally-attached hard drive.
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Setting Up An NFS Server And Client On CentOS 6.3
Author: Falko Timme •
Tags: centos, storage •
Comments: 5 This guide explains how to set up an NFS server and an NFS client on CentOS 6.3. NFS stands for Network File System; through NFS, a client can access (read, write) a remote share on an NFS server as if it was on the local hard disk.
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Encrypt Your Data With EncFS (OpenSUSE 12.2)
Author: Falko Timme •
Tags: security, storage, suse •
Comments: 1 Encrypt Your Data With EncFS (OpenSUSE 12.2) EncFS provides an encrypted filesystem in user-space. It runs without any special permissions and uses the FUSE library and Linux kernel module to provide the filesystem interface. It is a pass-through filesystem, not an encrypted block device, which means it is created on top of an existing filesystem. This tutorial shows how you can use EncFS on OpenSUSE 12.2 to encrypt your data.
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How To Convert An ext3/ext4 Root File System To btrfs On Ubuntu 12.10
Author: Falko Timme •
Tags: ubuntu, storage •
Comments: 5 How To Convert An ext3/ext4 Root File System To btrfs On Ubuntu 12.10 ext3 and ext4 file systems can be converted to btrfs. For non-root file systems, this can be done online (i.e., without reboot), while for root file systems we need to boot into some kind of rescue system or Live CD. This guide explains how to convert an ext3 or ext4 root file system into btrfs on Ubuntu 12.10 and how to roll back to ext3/ext4 again if desired.
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Ubuntu 12.10 Samba Standalone Server With tdbsam Backend
Author: Falko Timme •
Tags: samba, storage, ubuntu •
Comments: 0 This tutorial explains the installation of a Samba fileserver on Ubuntu 12.10 and how to configure it to share files over the SMB protocol as well as how to add users. Samba is configured as a standalone server, not as a domain controller. In the resulting setup, every user has his own home directory accessible via the SMB protocol and all users have a shared directory with read-/write access.
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Setting Up An NFS Server And Client On OpenSUSE 12.2
Author: Falko Timme •
Tags: storage, suse •
Comments: 2 This guide explains how to set up an NFS server and an NFS client on OpenSUSE 12.2. NFS stands for Network File System; through NFS, a client can access (read, write) a remote share on an NFS server as if it was on the local hard disk.
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Using ATA Over Ethernet (AoE) On Ubuntu 12.04 (Initiator And Target)
Author: Falko Timme •
Tags: storage, ubuntu •
Comments: 1 Using ATA Over Ethernet (AoE) On Ubuntu 12.04 (Initiator And Target) This guide explains how you can set up an AoE target and an AoE initiator (client), both running Ubuntu 12.04. AoE stands for "ATA over Ethernet" and is a storage area network (SAN) protocol which allows AoE initiators to use storage devices on the (remote) AoE target using normal ethernet cabling. "Remote" in this case means "inside the same LAN" because AoE is not routable outside a LAN (this is a major difference compared to iSCSI). To the AoE initiator, the remote storage looks like a normal, locally-attached hard drive.
