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The OS Quest Trail Log #71: What I Use

Written by ray on May 20, 2012

It's time to update what I use. This covers the hardware and software I currently use. From 3 servers/NAS devices spinning 28 drives to Macs and Windows computers and the primary software I run on them. Read more »

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The OS Quest Trail Log #71: What I Use

on May 20, 2012
Tools Tile

It's time to update what I use. This covers the hardware and software I currently use. From 3 servers/NAS devices spinning 28 drives to Macs and Windo[...] Read more »

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

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I spent some time this weekend playing around with my Synology 1511+ NAS and various file functions. I decided to start collecting some of the less ob[...] Read more »

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World Backup Day

on March 31, 2012
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It’s world backup day. I was surprised to find it’s not a creation of a greeting card company or some other commercial entity. Even so, businesses[...] Read more »

CrashPlan Upgrades to 3.2

on March 16, 2012
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CrashPlan has released version 3.2, a minor update. I also update my current CrashPlan backup status.[...] Read more »

Backup Failure: Cloudberry – Synology Case Confusion

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 »

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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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The OS Quest Trail Log #71: What I Use

on May 20, 2012
Tools Tile

It's time to update what I use. This covers the hardware and software I currently use. From 3 servers/NAS devices spinning 28 drives to Macs and Windo[...] Read more »

Windows 7 Rebuild

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 »

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What I Use: Web Server

on May 19, 2012
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Continuing the series of posts about what I use, this one covers what keeps this website running.[...] Read more »

Moving Day – A New Web Server

on May 18, 2012
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I moved to a new web server this past weekend. I'm still using Linode but I switched from Ubuntu to Debian as the OS and made some configuration chang[...] Read more »

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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The OS Quest Trail Log #71: What I Use

on May 20, 2012
Tools Tile

It's time to update what I use. This covers the hardware and software I currently use. From 3 servers/NAS devices spinning 28 drives to Macs and Windo[...] Read more »

My MacBook Air Trackpad is Ultra Sensitive

on May 18, 2012
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Recently my MacBook Air trackpad became much too sensitive to touch. I was clicking where I didn’t want to click and dragging files all over the pla[...] Read more »

iTunes Frustration (Yet Again)

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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