https://rdr-it.com/en/tag/storage/System administration, virtualization, security and tools for IT professionals.en-USFri, 16 Oct 2026 03:48:14 +0000https://rdr-it.com/en/proxmox-add-an-smb-share/Fri, 23 Jan 2026 06:00:00 +0000https://rdr-it.com/en/proxmox-add-an-smb-share/In this tutorial, I will explain how to add an SMB share to storage in Proxmox which you can then use to: Store ISOs and images Virtual disks of VMs Backup I’m assuming …https://rdr-it.com/en/proxmox-change-the-storage-of-a-virtual-disk/Wed, 03 Apr 2024 04:30:00 +0000https://rdr-it.com/en/proxmox-change-the-storage-of-a-virtual-disk/In this tutorial, we will see how to change the location of a virtual disk of a virtual machine or an LXC container. To illustrate this tutorial, we will change the …https://rdr-it.com/en/proxmox-use-zfs-as-a-storage-system/Thu, 28 Mar 2024 05:50:44 +0000https://rdr-it.com/en/proxmox-use-zfs-as-a-storage-system/In this tutorial, we will see how to use ZFS as a storage system on Proxmox. What is ZFS? Before starting this tutorial, we will see what ZFS (Zettabyte File System) is.https://rdr-it.com/en/proxmox-configure-multipath/Mon, 25 Mar 2024 05:30:00 +0000https://rdr-it.com/en/proxmox-configure-multipath/In this tutorial, I will explain how to configure multipath on Proxmox. Generally, multipath is necessary when using a two-tier architecture for hypervisors with servers …https://rdr-it.com/en/proxmox-partition-a-disk/Thu, 21 Mar 2024 05:30:00 +0000https://rdr-it.com/en/proxmox-partition-a-disk/In this tutorial, I will explain how to partition a disk on Proxmox and then assign the partitions to storage. In this tutorial, you can see that I have two “disks” sda …https://rdr-it.com/en/view-the-world-wide-name-wwn-of-san-storage-controllers-in-powershell/Wed, 19 Jan 2022 05:30:00 +0000https://rdr-it.com/en/view-the-world-wide-name-wwn-of-san-storage-controllers-in-powershell/ World Wide Name (WWN) is a unique identifier on storage controllers that identify devices on the SAN (disk bay). This is the equivalent of MAC addresses. 1. Open a …https://rdr-it.com/en/diskpart-delete-all-partitions/Tue, 20 Apr 2021 04:30:00 +0000https://rdr-it.com/en/diskpart-delete-all-partitions/In this tutorial, I will tell you how to delete all partitions from a hard drive with DISKPART. I am using this procedure to remove OEM partitions on computers from …https://rdr-it.com/en/mpio-installation-and-configuration/Mon, 11 Nov 2019 11:45:52 +0000https://rdr-it.com/en/mpio-installation-and-configuration/MPIO or MultiPath I / O is a Windows feature that allows multiple path support for storage. MPIO addresses two issues: performance and reliability. The majority of …https://rdr-it.com/en/windows-server-deduplication-reclaim-disk-space-after-deleting-files/Fri, 04 Oct 2019 04:50:42 +0000https://rdr-it.com/en/windows-server-deduplication-reclaim-disk-space-after-deleting-files/Presentation On a Windows Server volume where deduplication is enabled, when deleting files, the recovered space is not necessarily available immediately. In this article …https://rdr-it.com/en/mpio-enable-path-check/Mon, 19 Aug 2019 02:00:30 +0000https://rdr-it.com/en/mpio-enable-path-check/By default, this feature is not enabled, the paths are checked during a problem. Enable path verification Open a PowerShell command prompt and enter the following command …https://rdr-it.com/en/storage-pool-change-a-physical-disk/Sat, 13 Jul 2019 02:00:40 +0000https://rdr-it.com/en/storage-pool-change-a-physical-disk/In this article, we will see how to change a failed physical disk. When a disk is in error, an icon appears at the pool and virtual disks. Change the disk Open a command …https://rdr-it.com/en/storage-pool-configuration-on-windows-server/Fri, 12 Jul 2019 11:00:20 +0000https://rdr-it.com/en/storage-pool-configuration-on-windows-server/This tutorial explains how to use Storage Pool features on Windows Server.https://rdr-it.com/en/iscsi-target-role/Mon, 06 May 2019 17:48:18 +0000https://rdr-it.com/en/iscsi-target-role/The iSCSI target role makes it possible to transform a server into a SAN (bay of disks / storage) by creating virtual disks (vhdx) and by presenting them to other server …https://rdr-it.com/en/starwind-setting-up-a-highly-available-storage/Sat, 27 Apr 2019 14:56:54 +0000https://rdr-it.com/en/starwind-setting-up-a-highly-available-storage/StarWind Virtual SAN is software that turns Windows into an iSCSI target server. The advantage of StarWind is that it can be used to put the storage in high availability …https://rdr-it.com/en/installation-and-configuration-of-replica-storage/Fri, 22 Mar 2019 03:00:36 +0000https://rdr-it.com/en/installation-and-configuration-of-replica-storage/Storage replication (storage replica) is a feature that comes with Windows Server 2016 that lets you replicate a volume to another server. To work the feature requires …https://rdr-it.com/en/qnap-volume-configuration/Fri, 08 Mar 2019 03:00:20 +0000https://rdr-it.com/en/qnap-volume-configuration/When provisioning a NAS, the first step is to create one or more volumes with the disks installed in it. NAS QNAP offers two types of volumes: Volume based on a pool of …https://rdr-it.com/en/qnap-add-a-shared-folder/Mon, 04 Mar 2019 03:00:45 +0000https://rdr-it.com/en/qnap-add-a-shared-folder/In this tutorial, we will see how to create a shared folder with a QNAP NAS and access it from Windows. Creating the shared folder 1. Go to the administration interface …https://rdr-it.com/en/windows-file-server-storage-usage-report/Wed, 27 Feb 2019 03:00:29 +0000https://rdr-it.com/en/windows-file-server-storage-usage-report/Introduction The file server resource manager on Windows can generate reports on storage usage: Duplicate files Files by group (images / music / office …) Modification …https://rdr-it.com/en/create-a-raid-1-with-windows/Mon, 25 Feb 2019 03:00:30 +0000https://rdr-it.com/en/create-a-raid-1-with-windows/In this tutorial, I will explain how to create a RAID 1 on Windows with Disk Manager. I have personally used this technique on several occasions both on my personal …https://rdr-it.com/en/configure-a-san-disk-on-windows/Wed, 13 Feb 2019 03:00:40 +0000https://rdr-it.com/en/configure-a-san-disk-on-windows/In this tutorial, we will see how to configure a SAN-type disk to present to a Windows server. SAN type disks are LUNs / Volume that are presented in FC / iSCSI / SAS. …