Articles about storage, backup, virtualization, technology, innovation, programming, leadership, management,... etc
Articles about storage, backup, virtualization, technology, innovation, programming, leadership, management,... etc
Long-term data archival demands a strategy that covers integrity, security, accessibility, and compliance. Here’s how to build one. 1. Assess Your Archival Needs Data type: determine what you’re archiving (compliance records, logs, historical data, media files). Retention period: define how long each category must be kept based on legal, regulatory, or business requirements. Access frequency: […]
Monitoring and maintaining storage health keeps your data intact, available, and performing. Here’s how to manage it: 1. Implement a Monitoring Solution Use monitoring tools to track performance, capacity, and health. Options include: Vendor-specific tools: Dell EMC CloudIQ, NetApp Active IQ, HPE InfoSight Third-party monitoring: SolarWinds Storage Resource Monitor, Nagios, Zabbix, PRTG Network Monitor Integration […]
When a RAID array fails, you need a clear sequence: stop writes, diagnose, replace, rebuild, verify, then figure out why it happened so it doesn’t recur. Here’s the process. 1. Identify the Issue Check system logs, monitoring alerts, and RAID controller notifications to determine the nature of the failure. Confirm the RAID level (RAID 0, […]
