My name is Rich Jerrido and I am the person behind www.outsidaz.org I am a geek hailing from the city of brotherly love. I started this blog a couple of years back as a dumping place for a lot of working knowledge of mine that I could have available online regardless of where I was. Over time it has evolved into being a full-fledged blog, complete with RSS feeds, comments, and pictures.When I am not hacking on computers for profit, I hack on them for fun.Read more about me »
In my lab, I use the Linux SCSI target framework (tgtd) to provide iSCSI storage to my virtual machines, physical servers and RHEV farm. One of my biggest operational challenges is resizing iSCSI volumes to increase/decrease space. This guide aims to document those challenges, and how I addressed them.
Needing additional storage in my home lab, and also wanting to buy myself a new toy, I recently purchased the HP Proliant MicroServer. Originally, I was looking at getting a HP MediaSmart Server EX495, but I didn’t want to hack up a box that wasn’t supported/certified to run Linux, nor did I want to build [...]
iSCSI is one of those protocols that has a special place in my bag of tricks. In the lab it allows one to simulate some pretty complex infrastructures. In the field, it allows a very cost-effective alternative to “traditional” SAN solutions such as Fibre Channel. Additionally since iSCSI is transported over IP, all the cool [...]
