It's been a slow year so far. January saw a brief appearance by a Acer WHS and then Synology occupied the rest of the month. The month was almost frustration free, but just almost, as Cloudberry backup caused me some problems at the end of the month. Read more »
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Latest Home Server Articles
Synology to Windows Home Server Using iSCSI
I've been looking at the capabilities of the Synology NAS products by looking over the Synology DiskStation 212j. This time around I gave it a spin as[...] Read more »
Synology Data Replicator 3 – Windows Backup
I wrote about using Synology as a Time Machine backup destination in my previous article. This one will be about using the Synology Data Replicator 3 [...] Read more »
Time Machine Backups To A Synology NAS
I recently installed a Synology DS212j NAS and one of the first things I tested. Setting it up was easy and so far it's been working fine. I set thing[...] Read more »
Latest Backup Articles
Synology Data Replicator 3 – Windows Backup
I wrote about using Synology as a Time Machine backup destination in my previous article. This one will be about using the Synology Data Replicator 3 [...] Read more »
Cloudberry Continuous Data Protection
I enabled CDP for my "hourly" backup soon after installing the update. It didn't work exactly as I expected but the differences didn't affect the actu[...] Read more »
Backup Review
The end of the year is a good time to review my backup strategy and do some test restores. I did the test restores over the weekend without incident a[...] Read more »
Latest Web & Domain Articles
Adjusting Logrotate And Lesson Learned
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
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
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 »
Latest Windows Articles
HP MicroServer Examined
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
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 »
Security: DLL Search order Vulnerability
This is a little old, reported about a month ago, but I’m just getting around to patching it and Microsoft isn't. The “Insecure Library Loading Co[...] Read more »
Latest Linux Articles
Home Cloud: Part 1 – Planning the Home Cloud
I start the Home Cloud project by defining the Windows Home Servers I have and what ports they'll be using.[...] Read more »
pfSense + 1 Public IP = Home Cloud
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 »
pfSense Routes While Untangle Protects
I've been using Untangle as my router since June and don't have any complaints, It's worked well as a router an unified threat manager (UTM). I also t[...] Read more »
Latest Apple Articles
Move A Bento Database to a New Computer
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 »
Apple Software On WHS Shares
I run a mixed Windows/Mac home and all my data resides on my Windows Home Server no matter whether it's Windows or Mac. This means my iPhoto library, [...] Read more »
Lion Sleeps Through Moving Mice – A Frustrating Enhancement
Lion has brought a frustrating new feature that I like. Since first using Lion I've noticed that moving the mouse doesn't reactivate the screen if it'[...] Read more »
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