Journey of an IT Architect

  • Git Explained 1 of 2

    In a nutshell, Git is a distributed version control system, commonly used as source control management. It places files in one of three logical areas…

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  • Set up automation with Ansible

    Ansible is very flexible automation tools with many benefits. The free version is command-line based and here is an example to set it up. Environment…

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  • Storage Nitty-Gritty 2 of 5 – SAN

    In direct attached storage (DAS), storage is server centric and the host owns the storage. The storage is fully dedicated to the server that owns…

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  • Application I/O Characteristics

    There are many unknown factors and randomness when a solution architect determines storage requirement for an application. However, this process should still be as scientific…

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  • Lightsail – create a WordPress site in one hour

    My challenge with my just revived wordpress.com site is the plug-ins. Even paid premium users cannot install plug-ins for diagram, etc. I don’t want to…

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  • Storage Nitty-Gritty 1 of 5 – Disk and RAID

    On my trip I have been through several pre-sales discussions on storage. Therefore I’m taking this opportunities to write up a series of postings deep…

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