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.
Cisco Lab Book Review – The VIRL Book by Jack Wang
Posted on October 5, 2016 By Flackbox
I’m going to do something a bit different in this post and give you a review of The VIRL Book by Jack Wang. I think this will add value for a lot of you because my most popular resource right now is my How to Build a NetApp Lab for Free ebook. With the converged […]...
What is a Cloud Application?
Posted on September 11, 2016 By Flackbox
Thanks to Tony Bourke for the accompanying video: [youtube v = osz-MT3AxqA maxwidth = 100%] What is a Cloud Application? I just wrote a fairly long answer to ‘What is a Cloud Application?’ on Quora: A cloud application is an application that runs on cloud services. ...
NetApp FAS8000 – FAS8020, FAS8040, FAS8060, FAS8080
Posted on August 15, 2016 By Flackbox
In this NetApp training tutorial, I will give a guided tour of the FAS8000 series platforms which comprise the FAS8020, FAS8040, FAS8060 and FAS8080 EX models. I will also explain the hardware architecture and available ports on the back of the controllers. Scroll down for the video and also text tu...
NetApp FAS2500 Overview – FAS2520, FAS2552, FAS2554
Posted on August 10, 2016 By Flackbox
In this NetApp training tutorial, I will give a guided tour of the FAS2500 series platforms – the FAS2520, FAS2552 and FAS2554. I will also explain the hardware architecture and available ports on the back of the controllers. Scroll down for the video and also text tutorial. NetApp FAS2500 Ove...
NetApp Disk Shelf Models and Cabling Tutorial
Posted on August 5, 2016 By Flackbox
In this NetApp training tutorial, I will cover the hardware characteristics of the various NetApp disk shelf models and how to carry out the system cabling. Scroll down for the video and also text tutorial. NetApp Disk Shelf Models and Cabling Video Tutorial [youtube v = HXIMbEXKaHA maxwidth = 100%]...
SAN and NAS Adapter Card Types
Posted on July 14, 2016 By Flackbox
In this SAN and NAS Storage tutorial short post, I’ll summarise the different types of adapters we use in our hosts and storage systems for SAN and NAS storage traffic. Want the complete course? Click here to get the Introduction to SAN and NAS Storage course for free Network Interface Card A NIC...
NetApp ONTAP 9 – Key Features
Posted on June 30, 2016 By Flackbox
In this NetApp training tutorial post, I will give a summary of the new NetApp ONTAP 9 operating system, plus show you where you can get free official NetApp videos and a lab demo. Want to practice on your laptop? Download my free step-by-step guide ‘How to Build a NetApp ONTAP Lab for ...