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Synology Time Machine Backup – The Quota Option

Written by ray on May 6, 2012

Back when I first wrote about using the Synology NAS for Time Machine backups I had decided to go with a volume dedicated to Time machine. A recentcomment to that post, asking about quotas, got me thinking about alternative configurations. Especially since this coincided with me reconfiguring my DS 1511+ NAS. A dedicated time Machine volume on that was more limiting than I want. So I did some more testing and came up with a quota method on existing volumes which I'm now using. Read more »

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Synology Time Machine Backup – The Quota Option

on May 6, 2012
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Back when I first wrote about using the Synology NAS for Time Machine backups I had decided to go with a volume dedicated to Time machine. A recentco[...] Read more »

Synology File Storage Notes

on April 22, 2012
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Latest Backup Articles

World Backup Day

on March 31, 2012
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on March 16, 2012
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on March 15, 2012
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My Cloudberry backup started failing a couple days ago, saying it couldn't find two file. It was a minor problem but it took some time to figure out. [...] Read more »

Latest Web & Domain Articles

Adjusting Logrotate And Lesson Learned

on October 25, 2011
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Back when I upgraded my web server I also implemented logrotate to save off the logs each day so they don't grow too large. At the time it seemed like[...] Read more »

WordPress Stats Plugin Goes Jetpack Only

on September 21, 2011
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When visiting the admin panel recently I noticed a message that the WordPress Stats plugin would only get future updates via the Jetpack plugin. Both [...] Read more »

Skimlinks

on July 13, 2011
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At the beginning of July state (Connecticut) changed their tax law to incorporate an "affiliate tax" (aka Amazon tax). Naturally, most affiliates simp[...] Read more »

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on May 8, 2012
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In the last Trail Log I mentioned I was having problems with my Windows 7 PC so had decided to rebuild it. I got around to doing it this weekend. Just[...] Read more »

HP MicroServer Examined

on May 26, 2011
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I bought the HP MicroServer after reading some reviews and listening to a podcast that intrigued me, but without any real plans for it. This server se[...] Read more »

Windows Live Essentials 2011 Released

on October 5, 2010
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Windows Live Essentials 2011 snuck out of beta and was released to a complete lack of fanfare. I finally got around to installing it on both my main W[...] Read more »

Latest Linux Articles

Update Woes–Apache Won’t Start–No Response or Messages

on May 17, 2012
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I had a problem with Apache. The server was accepting configuration changes and I couldn't shut it down. An on a reboot it wouldn't start. There weren[...] Read more »

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My goal is to be able to access several of my home servers from outside my home. A dynamic IP address from my ISP and the limitations of NAT add some [...] Read more »

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on March 16, 2012
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I long loved iTunes as a music player. But everything else makes it bloatware in my opinion and that bloat causes problems to come and go. They came i[...] Read more »

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on January 17, 2012
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A recent visitor came to this site looking for directions on how to move a Bento database to a new server. While I had related articles none covered t[...] Read more »

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