Archive for December, 2007

Slow Browsing of Network Drives

Sunday, December 16th, 2007 Posted in Vista, Windows | 1 Comment »

One frustrating thing I noticed after using Vista was what seemed to be a compatibility issue with Windows 2003 Server 64bit Edition. Browsing network shares and folders on the server from the Vista machine was painfully slow. It would take ...

Useful Mdadm Commands

Sunday, December 16th, 2007 Posted in Linux, RAID | No Comments »

Below is a collection of commands for mdadm that I have found useful. Use these at your own risk.

RAID Explained

Sunday, December 16th, 2007 Posted in Linux, RAID | No Comments »

RAID, which stands for "redundant array of independent" disks provides a way to group disks into one volume and/or provide fault tolerance. There are three way to implement RAID: hardware, a combination of hardware/software, and software only.

Installing Debian/Ubuntu on an Existing RAID/LVM

Thursday, December 13th, 2007 Posted in Linux, RAID | No Comments »

I like to test all the possible scenarios before putting a server into production. One of these tests was whether I could reinstall linux without disturbing the RAID arrays. Unfortunately the Debian and Ubuntu installers do not make this easy. ...