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Recently for a project, I needed to build a Python, Django, PostgreSQL, NGINX Development Virtual Machine(VM). Below are the steps that I fo...

Install Addendum Enable VT in BIOS An addendum to install steps defined in my previous post OpenStack: Quick Install using DevStack i...

Though not a recommended method for installing OpenStack for production, DevStack offers an easy method to install and run an OpenStack clo...

OpenStack is made up of several projects that together build up the OpenStack cloud. Three core components are Compute, Storage, and Network...

I am back after an extended break from blogging about data storage topics. As I am no longer working at Quantum , I am free to blog about th...

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During my visit to Denver few weeks ago, I had the opportunity to talk with folks working with online backup and archive cloud services. So...

As expected from conference schedule, Google conference turned out to be a technical event primarily focused on parallel programming and inf...

My last post Online Backup any different from Traditional Backup for Laptop/Desktop? was quickly turned in to us vs. them argument by Beth...

Recently, Beth Pariseau wrote in her blog post HP unveils unlimited online storage for SOHO market that bandwidth is one of the hurdles in ...

In my last blog post , I estimated the data stored on Amazon S3 in exabyte range using 18 billion objects stored reported by Amazon CTO, Wer...

Today, Werner Vogels mentioned in his blog post Happy Birthday, Amazon S3! about the second birthday of Amazon S3 and also shared that by ...

This weekend, I read NY Times article Video Road Hogs Stir Fear of Internet Traffic Jam . Last year, by one estimate, the video site YouTube...