Author Archives: larry

Feeling Weird

Been really tired lately, part of the blame is lack of sleep. But also just feeling weak in general. Maybe it is the zepbound, or weather. Could be both. Taking heavy advantage the online sales this time of the year. … Continue reading

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KVM over IP

Had this little device for a while now finally put it to use. Amazing how nicely it works. Provides out of band access to one of my computers. Speaking of computers, got my mediacenter upgraded and am going through some … Continue reading

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Office Nice and Clean

I finally got my office really cleaned up, looks much better. Feels open again. Going to slowly return and reshape my office. Still a lot to go, but the progress is significant. Feels clean also. I was going to replace … Continue reading

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Network And Data Reorg

Gonna spend the weekend trying to reorganize my office network. Just my office. Trying to clean up make it easier to function. In reality, I need to get rid of stuff. There are some things that do not need to … Continue reading

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Moving Weekend

OK not physically moving homes but moving data and parts. Currently as I post I am moving data from an 3.5 inch disk to a 2.5 inch SSD. The data taken up is only 28GB and the file system is … Continue reading

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HBA Functional

I didn’t have to crossflash it but the HBA is functional. It is SAS 9300, got it on my bench. After I finished I rebooted to CentOS7 and it looked fine. Thinking of doing Rocky 9 as well. Got the … Continue reading

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JBOD Section Done

Got my first JonsBro N3, 3D printed system done. Needed those correct inserts and they just worked. I tested out access one of the drives using a USB to SATA connection. It worked!!! The JBOD rack is done. Hoping there … Continue reading

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Update On New DIY JBOD

Before I give an update, I want to say that it may be cheaper to buy a purpose built case, I am doing three of these so I got a little bit of that economy of scale going for me. … Continue reading

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Been Over A Month

Been over a month since Toto left us. The healing continues though, but seems to moving too slow. I touched his memorial today, reminded me of him being around. Life is quiet, not ready for a new dog… yet. Almost … Continue reading

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A New Office Chair

I spend hours in this chair I am sitting in. It is not unusual for me to be in my chair for 12 hours in a day. So I looked at some high end chairs The chair which looks like … Continue reading

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