Hi, I'm Ravi Kumar
IT Infrastructure Architect.
16+ years building, scaling, and securing enterprise data centers, server farms, and SAN environments. Founder of arkit — sharing knowledge so others can grow faster.
Bridging infrastructure & people.
I design and operate the systems that keep businesses running — and I build the teams that keep those systems healthy.
With more than 16 years of solid industry experience across infrastructure management, customer support, operations, and training, I've worked across small startups to large enterprises — designing, planning, and implementing data centers, server monitoring, and SAN environments.
I specialize in building IT service delivery teams, leading service support, and running training programs that turn engineers into experts. From Linux and Windows server fleets to virtualization, storage clusters, and backup strategy — I bring rich exposure across the full IT infrastructure stack.
As the founder of arkit, I document and teach what I've learned along the way — because the next generation of engineers shouldn't have to learn everything the hard way.
"Power is gained by sharing knowledge, not hoarding it."
A full-stack infrastructure toolkit.
Deep expertise across operating systems, virtualization, storage, monitoring, and the people-side of IT delivery.
Operating Systems
- Linux: Rocky, Red Hat, Fedora, Ubuntu
- UNIX: AIX, Solaris
- Windows Server (all major versions)
Virtualization
- VMware vSphere & ESXi
- Red Hat OpenShift
- KVM, Hyper-V, XEN
Storage & SAN
- EMC, IBM, NetApp
- Synology, QNAP, Overland
- Quantum StorNext clusters
Monitoring & Tooling
- Nagios, NagiosXI, Cacti
- SolarWinds, OpManager
- Custom dashboards & alerting
Backup & Recovery
- Veeam, Commvault
- NetVault, Symantec Backup Exec
- DR planning & testing
Databases
- MSSQL, PostgreSQL
- MariaDB, MySQL
- Performance tuning & HA
Scripting & Programming
- Shell, Perl, Python
- PHP, HTML
- Automation & orchestration
Process & Leadership
- ITIL service management
- Team building & training
- Asset management & procurement
Selected projects & milestones.
From greenfield data center builds to enterprise-wide monitoring rollouts, here's a sample of the work I'm most proud of.
Enterprise Data Center Design & Implementation
Designed, planned, and implemented complete data center environments — from server racks and SAN fabric to power, cooling, and monitoring. Delivered hosting solutions that scaled with business growth.
Enterprise Monitoring Solutions
Implemented monitoring stacks across dozens of organizations using Nagios, NagiosXI, Cacti, SolarWinds, and OpManager — giving teams real-time visibility into servers, networks, and applications.
arkit — Knowledge Sharing Platform
Founded arkit to share hands-on tutorials, configurations, and real-world lessons across Linux, storage, virtualization, and infrastructure. Built around the philosophy that knowledge multiplies when shared.
IT Services Team Building & Training
Built and led IT service delivery, support, and operations teams in both small and large companies. Designed onboarding and training curriculums that brought engineers up to enterprise readiness.
Backup & Disaster Recovery Programs
Architected and operated backup strategies using Veeam, Commvault, NetVault, and Symantec Backup Exec — with documented DR runbooks, regular restore testing, and RTO/RPO targets met across critical workloads.
Let's build something solid together.
Whether you need infrastructure consulting, training for your team, or a second opinion on a design — I'd love to hear from you.
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