Sander van Vugt Sander van Vugt is a former contributor to several TechTarget sites. Sander van Vugt’s Most Recent Content ITOperations Ansible playbook 02 Jun 2023 ITOperations YAML (YAML Ain't Markup Language) 12 Jan 2023 ITOperations Xen 07 Oct 2021 SearchVMware VMware network monitoring strategies for better performance 08 Jun 2021 Data Center Use GRUB to fix Linux boot problems 20 Dec 2019 ITOperations VMware Workstation vs. VirtualBox: Which is the better hypervisor? 30 Aug 2019 ITOperations Understand KubeVirt basics to help get you started 15 Aug 2019 ITOperations Xen vs. KVM in 2019 is a no brainer 05 Apr 2019 Storage How to prevent swap usage from hurting your NVMe devices 17 Dec 2018 Data Center What containerization technology do I need for my data center? 10 Dec 2018 SearchVMware VMware Integrated OpenStack 5 improves Kubernetes support 28 Sep 2018 Storage 4 different file systems and how they're evolving 28 Sep 2018 Data Center Which basic Linux file management commands should I know? 29 Aug 2018 Data Center Getting started with Linux containers 23 Aug 2018 Storage NVMe-oF and its many benefits take NVMe to the next level 08 Aug 2018 Data Center How do I protect my OS with Linux security features? 06 Aug 2018 Data Center Ten Linux process management commands that simplify admin workflows 12 Jul 2018 Data Center Open source log management options for Linux distributions 19 Jun 2018 Data Center Work a command-line interface in Linux with these permissions and prompts 12 Jun 2018 Data Center Easily read a log file in Linux with command-line tools 01 Jun 2018 Cloud Computing Evaluate private cloud service providers in the market 29 May 2018 Data Center How is RHEL in the cloud different than in the data center? 16 May 2018 Storage How open source Ceph compares to Linux Ceph products 25 Apr 2018 Storage Three multi-cloud deployment tactics that work 24 Apr 2018 Data Center What are the options for log management in Linux? 24 Apr 2018 ITOperations Select the best container monitoring tools for your environment 06 Apr 2018 Storage Ceph vs. Swift: Two object storage systems for different needs 06 Mar 2018 ITOperations Learn Ruby language skills with these online resources 19 Feb 2018 ITOperations Expand KVM storage with virsh commands 26 Jan 2018 ITOperations Use virsh commands to manage KVM networking 14 Dec 2017 Storage Cloud storage providers: What should you look for? 07 Dec 2017 ITOperations Two Ansible playbook examples illustrate config management 06 Dec 2017 Cloud Computing Use OpenStack Senlin, Heat templates to enable autoscaling 27 Oct 2017 Data Center With Btrfs file system gone in RHEL 8, look at alternatives 11 Oct 2017 Data Center How to choose a live kernel patching extension 02 Oct 2017 Storage How can I guarantee the best Ceph performance? 20 Sep 2017 Storage Is there a Ceph client to connect Windows machines? 19 Sep 2017 Storage How do I enable file sharing on Ceph object storage? 18 Sep 2017 ITOperations Ansible variables give structure to playbook execution 11 Sep 2017 Storage Four tips for building a Swift object store 15 Aug 2017 ITOperations Chef Habitat offers a different take on configuration management 04 Aug 2017 ITOperations Agentless Ansible structure opens up configuration management potential 05 Jul 2017 SearchVMware Integrate Ceph object storage in a VMware vSphere environment 16 Jun 2017 Storage GlusterFS vs. Ceph: Weighing the open source combatants 13 Jun 2017 Storage Helpful steps toward an easy private cloud implementation 10 May 2017 Cloud Computing What are some ways to stop and restart OpenStack instances? 28 Mar 2017 ITOperations Set Salt configuration management free without a master 27 Mar 2017 ITOperations How the Puppet architecture manipulates configurations 24 Feb 2017 Data Center Use a Linux file system journal for data integrity, performance 17 Jan 2017 Data Center Compare the best Linux distros for enterprise servers 30 Dec 2016 Data Center Consider these Linux I/O scheduler options for storage performance 12 Dec 2016 ITOperations A SaltStack tutorial to start mastering data center minions 02 Dec 2016 ITOperations Salt minions and grains facilitate deployment at scale 15 Nov 2016 SearchVMware How does an OVF file work with VMware Workstation? 31 Oct 2016 Cloud Computing How do I determine which OpenStack version I have? 29 Sep 2016 Data Center Manage Btrfs snapshots with the SUSE Snapper utility 22 Sep 2016 Cloud Computing How can we customize the OpenStack Horizon dashboard? 09 Sep 2016 ITOperations Assessing the value of configuration management systems 24 Jun 2016 Data Center Six helpful Linux networking commands to monitor connectivity 16 Jun 2016 ITOperations Adding an additional virtual bridge to a KVM environment 24 Mar 2016 Data Center The Linux ip command makes network config easy 04 Jan 2016 Data Center Master Linux service management on System V and systemd 13 Feb 2015 Data Center Linux network configuration turns positively wicked 08 Jan 2015 Data Center Create a SAN with the Linux LIO iSCSI target 23 Oct 2014 SearchVMware Virtual switch tweak optimizes ESXi networking 11 Jul 2014 Data Center Mount file system Linux systemd's way 09 Jul 2014 Data Center A few ways to configure Linux firewalld 25 Jun 2014 Data Center Linux boot options in RHEL, SLES help ailing servers 21 Apr 2014 SearchVMware Using clones as templates in VMware Workstation 10 Apr 2014 Data Center Mount Global File System 2, avoid corruption in RHEL High Availability 17 Feb 2014 Mobile Computing How to manage and modify SE Android 05 Feb 2014 Data Center Six steps to create a highly available Apache Web service 28 Jan 2014 Data Center Basic Linux commands for new Linux server administrators 17 Jan 2014 Data Center Creating a quorum disk and fencing for Linux high availability nodes 23 Dec 2013 Data Center Creating a reliable and fast SAN network design with iSCSI 23 Dec 2013 SearchVMware Which CPU settings deliver optimal VMware Workstation 9 performance? 16 Oct 2013 SearchVMware Copy VMDK files if you need to hand over a virtual machine 16 Oct 2013 Data Center How to prepare a server cluster for Linux high availability 24 Sep 2013 Data Center A new troubleshooting and management process with GRUB2 bootloader 29 Aug 2013 Data Center When to use Linux memory swap to solve server performance problems 08 Aug 2013 Data Center Analyzing and optimizing Linux power consumption with PowerTop 2 11 Jul 2013 SearchVMware VMware snapshot size and other causes for slow snapshots 08 May 2013 SearchVMware Which VMware network settings to adjust to troubleshoot VM packet loss 23 Apr 2013 Data Center Issues with SELinux preventing virtual machine from accessing files 16 Apr 2013 Data Center Are blade servers obsolete? 12 Apr 2013 SearchVMware Ways to mirror vSphere networking with VMware Virtual Network Editor 09 Apr 2013 SearchVMware Moving VM testing from VMware vSphere ESX/ESXi to Workstation 05 Mar 2013 ITOperations Using Zabbix with embedded devices via SNMP monitoring 27 Feb 2013 SearchVMware VMware Workstation encryption prevents unauthorized VM access 14 Jan 2013 SearchVMware Using vSphere distributed switches for virtual networks 18 Oct 2012 Data Center Tweak Linux swap to improve server performance 12 Jul 2012 Storage Citrix StorageLink integrates SAN with virtualization environment 06 Jun 2012 SearchVMware Installing a CIM provider to improve vSphere Client host monitoring 23 May 2012 Data Center It’s an easy fix to clean up a GRUB error on your Linux server 08 May 2012 Data Center Proper Linux DRBD setup helps sidestep common issues 09 Apr 2012 Mobile Computing Business email security and the risks of personal Gmail forwarding 22 Mar 2012 Data Center Setting up a mirrored Linux DRBD configuration over the network 22 Mar 2012 SearchVMware Network time synchronization for VMware ESXi: Timing is everything 24 Jan 2012 SearchVMware Advanced ESXi troubleshooting with Tech Support Mode 11 Oct 2011 SearchVMware ESXi console tech support mode: When the vSphere Client isn’t enough 27 Sep 2011 1 2