Welcome to the Flackbox blog, where my aim is to help you build your cloud and data center career. If you’re looking to widen your knowledge across server, networking and storage technologies then you’ve come to the right place. I regularly upload training video tutorials featuring vendors such as Cisco, NetApp and VMware.
Udemy Sale – 80,000+ Courses for $9.99
Posted on June 5, 2019 By Flackbox
Udemy.com are biggest marketplace for online courses and they’re offering legacy pricing of $9.99 per course this week – it’s the best time to stock up on all the IT training you want to take over the next few months. This gives you a chance to make a long term investment in your futur...
FCoE Fibre Channel over Ethernet Overview
Posted on May 9, 2019 By Flackbox
In this SAN and NAS Storage tutorial, I cover the SAN protocol Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE). FCoE became possible with the advent of 10Gb Ethernet which has enough bandwidth to support both data and storage traffic on the same adapter. Scroll down for the video and also text tutorial. Want t...
The 11 Top Benefits of SAN and NAS Storage
Posted on April 12, 2019 By Flackbox
This SAN and NAS Storage tutorial covers the benefits of external SAN Storage Area Network and/or NAS Network Attached Storage storage, as compared to DAS Direct Attached Storage which is dedicated to one particular server. That could be internal hard drives or an external enclosure. External SAN a...
iSCSI SAN Overview – Video Tutorial
Posted on March 28, 2019 By Flackbox
In this SAN and NAS Storage tutorial, I cover the iSCSI (Internet Small Computer System Interface) SAN protocol. iSCSI runs over Ethernet networks and was originally designed as a less expensive alternative to Fibre Channel. It has higher packet overhead and has traditionally been seen as ha...
Fibre Channel SAN Part 4 – Redundancy and Multipathing
Posted on March 21, 2019 By Flackbox
In this SAN and NAS Storage tutorial, I cover the redundancy options available for Fibre Channel, and how clients can choose the paths to their storage through multipathing. Scroll down for the video and also text tutorial. Want the complete course? Click here to get the Introduction to SAN and NAS ...
Fibre Channel SAN Part 3 – Fabric Login
Posted on March 14, 2019 By Flackbox
In this SAN and NAS Storage tutorial, I cover the fabric login process with FLOGI and PLRI. Scroll down for the video and also text tutorial. Want the complete course? Click here to get the Introduction to SAN and NAS Storage course for free Fibre Channel SAN Part 2 – Zoning, LUN Masking and...
Fibre Channel SAN Part 2 – Zoning and LUN Masking
Posted on March 7, 2019 By Flackbox
In this SAN and NAS Storage tutorial, I cover Fibre Channel security through the use of zoning and LUN masking. Scroll down for the video and also text tutorial. This post is a continuation of Fibre Channel SAN Overview Part One – FCP and Addressing Want the complete course? Click here to get th...
Fibre Channel SAN Part 1 – FCP and WWPN Addressing
Posted on February 28, 2019 By Flackbox
In this SAN and NAS Storage tutorial, the best place to start when explaining Storage Area Networks is with Fibre Channel, the original SAN protocol. Scroll down for the video and also text tutorial. Want the complete course? Click here to get the Introduction to SAN and NAS Storage course for free ...