2014 Year in Review: Evolution and Maturity
December 22, 2014
Reflecting on a year of platform expansion, cloud integration, and architectural maturation of FC-Redirect
Implementing Distributed Consensus with Raft for FC-Redirect
November 18, 2014
Building a production Raft implementation to provide distributed consensus and high availability for FC-Redirect's control plane
Hybrid Storage: Bridging On-Premise FC and AWS
October 20, 2014
Designing hybrid storage architectures that span on-premise Fibre Channel infrastructure and AWS cloud storage
Code Optimization Best Practices: Lessons from Two Years of FC-Redirect
August 14, 2014
Practical code optimization techniques that delivered real performance improvements in production systems
Using Apache Spark for FC-Redirect Analytics at Scale
July 18, 2014
Leveraging Spark for analyzing massive volumes of flow data and gaining insights into storage network behavior
Integrating FC-Redirect with OpenStack: Cloud Meets Storage
June 15, 2014
Exploring how to integrate traditional Fibre Channel storage networking with OpenStack cloud infrastructure
Preparing FC-Redirect for the MDS 9700: Next-Generation Platform
May 20, 2014
Early exploration of the upcoming MDS 9700 platform and architectural changes needed to leverage its capabilities
Microservices Patterns for Storage Networking
April 22, 2014
Exploring how emerging microservices architecture patterns can improve modularity and scalability in storage networking systems
Building Observability into Production Systems
March 18, 2014
How I built comprehensive monitoring and observability into FC-Redirect to enable fast debugging and proactive issue detection
Lock-Free Data Structures: When and How to Use Them
February 12, 2014
Practical guide to implementing and using lock-free data structures in FC-Redirect, including ring buffers, queues, and hash tables
Optimizing FC-Redirect for the Nexus 7000 Platform
January 16, 2014
Deep dive into platform-specific optimizations for FC-Redirect on the N7000, leveraging its unique architecture for 30% better performance
2013 Year in Review: Scaling, Performance, and Growth
December 20, 2013
Reflecting on a year of scaling FC-Redirect from 1K to 12K flows, achieving 20% performance improvements, and lessons learned along the way
Tales from the Field: Debugging Customer Issues in Production
November 14, 2013
Real-world customer issues I've debugged in FC-Redirect deployments and the lessons learned from each
My Performance Optimization Workflow: Profile, Understand, Optimize
October 8, 2013
A systematic approach to performance optimization based on lessons from scaling FC-Redirect, including tools, techniques, and mental models
SDN and Storage Networking: The Coming Convergence
September 12, 2013
Exploring how Software-Defined Networking principles are transforming storage networking and what it means for FC-Redirect architecture
High Availability at Scale: Lessons from 99.999% Uptime
August 18, 2013
Deep dive into the architecture patterns and operational practices that enable five-nines availability in FC-Redirect at massive scale
Asynchronous Processing: Decoupling Fast Path from Slow Path
June 20, 2013
How implementing asynchronous processing patterns improved FC-Redirect throughput by 40% while maintaining correctness guarantees
Platform Migration: Lessons from Moving to MDS 9250i
May 15, 2013
Deep dive into the challenges and solutions for migrating FC-Redirect to the MDS 9250i platform while maintaining backward compatibility
Debugging the Impossible: Tracking Down a Heisenbug in Production
April 22, 2013
A war story about debugging an intermittent flow corruption issue that only appeared in production under specific load patterns
Data Structures: The Foundation of Performance
March 18, 2013
How choosing the right data structures improved FC-Redirect performance by 10x and reduced memory footprint
The Power of Message Batching in Distributed Systems
February 20, 2013
How implementing intelligent message batching reduced network overhead by 80% and improved FC-Redirect performance
Scaling FC-Redirect: From 1K to 12K Flows
January 15, 2013
Deep dive into the architectural challenges and solutions for scaling FC-Redirect from 1,000 to 12,000 concurrent flows while maintaining performance
2012 Year in Review: Lessons Learned in Storage Networking
December 18, 2012
Reflecting on key lessons and insights from two years of working on storage networking and virtualization at Cisco
The Future of Storage Networking: Trends and Predictions
November 20, 2012
Looking ahead at emerging technologies and trends that will shape the future of storage networking
Disaster Recovery Planning for Storage Infrastructure
September 18, 2012
Building effective disaster recovery strategies for storage systems with practical guidance on RPO, RTO, and implementation
Storage Security: Protecting Data at the Infrastructure Level
August 21, 2012
Essential security practices for storage networks and infrastructure to protect against unauthorized access and data breaches
Building Scalable Data Center Network Fabrics
April 24, 2012
Design principles and architectures for building modern data center fabrics that scale to meet growing demands
Storage Industry Trends to Watch in 2012
January 17, 2012
Key trends shaping the storage industry this year, from flash adoption to cloud integration
Troubleshooting Storage Networks: A Systematic Approach
December 20, 2011
Methodologies and techniques for diagnosing and resolving complex storage network issues
Storage Migration Strategies: Moving Data Without Downtime
October 12, 2011
Techniques and best practices for migrating storage infrastructure without impacting running applications
Evolution of Data Center Network Architecture
June 14, 2011
How modern data centers are evolving from traditional three-tier designs to more scalable and efficient architectures
SAN Performance Optimization: Beyond the Basics
May 17, 2011
Advanced techniques for optimizing SAN performance and troubleshooting common bottlenecks in storage networks
Storage Virtualization: Abstracting the Physical Layer
April 22, 2011
Understanding storage virtualization techniques and how they enable flexibility and efficiency in modern data centers
FCoE: The Promise of Converged Networking
February 20, 2011
Exploring Fibre Channel over Ethernet and the vision of unified fabric in modern data centers
Understanding Fibre Channel: The Backbone of Enterprise Storage
January 15, 2011
A deep dive into Fibre Channel technology and why it remains the gold standard for enterprise storage networking