Articles about storage, backup, virtualization, technology, innovation, programming, leadership, management,... etc
Articles about storage, backup, virtualization, technology, innovation, programming, leadership, management,... etc
Video conferencing infrastructure lives at the intersection of network, compute, and storage. Get any of the three wrong and users feel it immediately. Here’s what to plan for. 1. Assess Requirements User count: internal and external participants Concurrent meetings: peak simultaneous sessions Bandwidth: calculate per-stream needs for video, audio, and screen sharing Client platforms: Windows, […]
Start by establishing a baseline. You can’t improve what you don’t measure. 1. Baseline Network Performance Use monitoring tools like SolarWinds, Nagios, or PRTG to capture latency, packet loss, throughput, and error rates over a representative period. Analyze traffic patterns to identify peak periods, bottlenecks, and which applications consume the most bandwidth. 2. Upgrade Network […]
Troubleshooting slow SCP (Secure Copy Protocol) or SFTP (Secure File Transfer Protocol) file transfers on Linux servers involves identifying bottlenecks and optimizing the system. Here is a systematic approach to diagnose and resolve the issue: 1. Check Network Performance Bandwidth: Verify the available bandwidth between the source and destination servers using tools like iperf or […]
Large-scale data migrations live or die by infrastructure preparation. The steps below cover what actually moves the needle. 1. Assess the Scope of Migration Analyze the size, type, structure, and sensitivity of the data to be migrated. Evaluate the current infrastructure (source) and destination (on-premises, cloud, or hybrid). Identify dependencies on applications, databases, and services […]
Configuring jumbo frames on a server involves enabling and optimizing larger Ethernet frame sizes (typically 9000 bytes) to improve network performance, especially in environments with high data throughput such as storage networks, virtualization, and AI workloads. Below are the steps to configure jumbo frames and validate the performance improvement: 1. Understand the Environment Check compatibility: […]
