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Running Unraid? What's your back up plan?

Running Unraid? What's your back up plan?

So, what happens if the unthinkable happens? This got me seriously thinking... How do I avoid this in the future and prevent further data losses?

Windows in the Enterprise - Some Personal Learnings.

I maintain roughly ~90,000 total devices for a large enterprise which is also a IT provider for three other organisations. All operating across Australia and remotely around the globe. All, which I won't disclose here. Having so many endpoints to manage can be difficult. But it shouldn&

First ThinkPad. An X1C6! - Some of my thoughts.

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First ThinkPad. An X1C6! - Some of my thoughts.

So I recently picked up a new X1 Carbon. This was to move away from a heavy and hot XPS 15 9560 with better Linux support.

Ubuntu 18.04 - KVM/QEMU Windows 10 GPU Passthrough

Ubuntu 18.04 - KVM/QEMU Windows 10 GPU Passthrough

I've had it. I've been wanting to stick with Ubuntu as a main operating system for a while, but the constant rebooting between Windows 10 and Ubuntu in a dual boot situation has been getting on my nerves. No matter how I persevere I always end up being called back to the Microsoft offering.

Mailcow - A simple mail server!

I've scoured through a number of offerings, checking their capabilities and ease... none were exactly meeting my approval until I stumbled upon the Mailcow project on Github.

A tip for securing Windows 10

I got annoyed repeating the same thing over and over again whenever I built/rebuilt a device, disabling Windows features and rebooting everytime, disabling unsecure protocols, adding in a Take Ownership function in the context menu and rebuilding some useful network shortcuts... it's... slow. To begin... Internet Explorer

unRAID Docker and Plugins - What I use!

unRAID Docker and Plugins - What I use!

unRAID is a very flexible Operating System right out of the box (based on Debian).

Running in the 90s, A Retro Rebuild - Part 1

Running in the 90s, A Retro Rebuild - Part 1

I've been attempting to recreate a late 90s PC for the purposes of native retro gaming/application use and also a bit of fun.

My initial experience with unRAID

My initial experience with unRAID

I was introduced to the concept thanks to Linus Tech Tips (YouTube video here). unRAID is a Linux distribution that is aimed at being a Network Attached Storage, Virtualisation Host and Docker Application server for 'container' applications. Background and first steps I have a SuperMicro SuperServer 5027R-WRF loaded