Category Archives: Weigh In

Update On New DIY JBOD

Posted on November 17, 2025 by larry

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

Posted on November 16, 2025 by larry

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

Posted on November 15, 2025 by larry

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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Replacing Failed Hard Drives

Posted on November 14, 2025 by larry

Got a bunch drives that a needed to replace, kind of a pain. I finished one on my media center, and my backup server. It was a lot of work to get in to. I did swim today, got a … Continue reading →

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Health Of Hard Drives

Posted on November 13, 2025 by larry

Last night I had a scare, one of the archive checksums did not match up. Luckily got backups and it was discovered while I was replacing the hard drives. One thing I been on lately is checking on the health … Continue reading →

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Accidental JBOD

Posted on November 12, 2025 by larry

This JBOD backplane came in yesterday from aliexpress. I didn’t have plans for it but it was cheap and was worth a look. Turned out to burn a hole in my wallet. Has huge promise, got a few things to … Continue reading →

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Repeating Blog Post Titles

Posted on November 11, 2025 by larry

Was about to title this Cleaning Up Network, yesterday I was going to post it as back to swim. I am starting to notice I have so many posts, the titles are getting reused. Anyway, I am cleaning up my … Continue reading →

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Back To Swimming Routine

Posted on November 10, 2025 by larry

Back in the pool today, got to admit, I was kind of off, almost was late, forgot my locker combination, almost forgot my swimming headphones, had to think about what I needed. Also to add to the confusion it was … Continue reading →

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Living Room Rack

Posted on November 9, 2025 by larry

Here is another rack I just finished. This one services the living room entertainment area. Note the Rpi on the top, I am considering using one of the blank areas below for it. As I was building this, I was … Continue reading →

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Windows 11 Rebuilt

Posted on November 8, 2025 by larry

I finally rebuilt my desktop, I spent most of the day getting my data backed up and restored. Ninite is awesome, got a lot of my apps installed quickly. Remember the launcher from a few days ago, that helped a … Continue reading →

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