Today we continue discussing the best practice from storage engineering:
50) Hardware arrangement: One of the most overlooked considerations has been the implications of the choice of hardware for storage servers. For example, a chassis with the expansion bays for solid state drive in the front is going to be more popular than the others and will set up the storage servers to take advantage of storage improvements.
51) SSD: Virtually all layers of a storage server can take improvements from faster access on Solid State Device. SSD unlike flash drives have no seek time. Both offer faster random read access than disks.
52) Faster connections: Networking between storage servers and components may not always be regulated if they are not on-premise. Consequently it is better to set up Direct connections and faster network wherever possible.
53) Direct Connections: This helps to have better control over communication between two endpoints. A dedicated TCP connection comes with the benefit of congestion control and ordering which translates to efficiency in data writes at the destination.
54) Virtual private network: Virtual private networks only add an IP header over the existing header so they may not improve the latency or bandwidth over the network but they certainly secure the network.
55) Https Encryption not only helps secure data at rest but also secured data in transit. However, it comes with the onus of key and certificate management. Https by default is not just a mandate over internet but also a requirement even between departments in the same organization.
50) Hardware arrangement: One of the most overlooked considerations has been the implications of the choice of hardware for storage servers. For example, a chassis with the expansion bays for solid state drive in the front is going to be more popular than the others and will set up the storage servers to take advantage of storage improvements.
51) SSD: Virtually all layers of a storage server can take improvements from faster access on Solid State Device. SSD unlike flash drives have no seek time. Both offer faster random read access than disks.
52) Faster connections: Networking between storage servers and components may not always be regulated if they are not on-premise. Consequently it is better to set up Direct connections and faster network wherever possible.
53) Direct Connections: This helps to have better control over communication between two endpoints. A dedicated TCP connection comes with the benefit of congestion control and ordering which translates to efficiency in data writes at the destination.
54) Virtual private network: Virtual private networks only add an IP header over the existing header so they may not improve the latency or bandwidth over the network but they certainly secure the network.
55) Https Encryption not only helps secure data at rest but also secured data in transit. However, it comes with the onus of key and certificate management. Https by default is not just a mandate over internet but also a requirement even between departments in the same organization.
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