Category Archives: New Toys

New File Server In Production

Posted on February 21, 2020 by larry

Where have I heard that before? So yes, server is up and running and doing OK. This one is a really critical one, does DNS, DHCP, kickstart, home directories. This is the first server that comes up when the house … Continue reading →

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Disappointed With File Server Performance

Posted on February 20, 2020 by larry

Just ran some numbers on my new file server, not much of a jump in performance This is the Old Server Running warmup… Running a 400MB file write on 5 times… Iteration 1: 95.27 MB/sec Iteration 2: 72.43 MB/sec Iteration … Continue reading →

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Configuring New Server

Posted on February 17, 2020 by larry

Working on the little things to get the server up. Letting it bake in so we can see what errors it has, but I think it will be fine. Going to make it production next week. Weight: 306.4

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New File Server Built

Posted on February 16, 2020 by larry

Got the new server built, as I post I am moving all the flat data over. Next is to reconfigure the services. It runs quite a bit DHCP Server DNS Server LDAP Server MAIL Server File Server TFTP server Subversion … Continue reading →

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The Joys of Pain

Posted on February 15, 2020 by larry

After yesterday’s fiasco I needed a break, not a break from IT, but something challenging, I know, how weird yeah. When most people get burned, they run from fire, I charge after it. So this is what happened, and this … Continue reading →

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Eating Lighter

Posted on February 11, 2020 by larry

I thought I was OK watching what I eat, but the weight is not showing it. I need to get out and exercise more. Worked on a special USB drive to custom install a Linux Terminal Server. Weight: 302.8

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Testing USB Flash Drives

Posted on February 6, 2020 by larry

Frustrating to see some of my drives are failing. Found a utility that can check health of the disk, F3 or Fight Flash Fraud. Trying it out. Weight: 301.8

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New Nutritionist

Posted on February 3, 2020 by larry

Saw a new nutritionist today. I feel a little bit of motivation. Need to work a new schedule. Also a menu. On the Linux Home Server front, I tried to do a video, a couple actually, audio was not right. … Continue reading →

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Linux Home Server Demo

Posted on February 2, 2020 by larry

Finally got my Linux home server running where I can demonstrate things. For building websites, I have a LAMP stack running Drupal WordPress Media Wiki For network monitoring MRTG for looking at Internet Usage Nagios for monitoring if services are … Continue reading →

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Making Linux Comfortable for Windows Users

Posted on January 31, 2020 by larry

I figured out how to get MATE instead of Cinnamon working with RDP, X2Go, and VNC. MATE uses less resources than Cinnamon so hopefully a computer can run more smoothly. There are a little bit of details I want to … Continue reading →

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