My new 67 TB storage arrays
For some time now I’ve wanted to move away from my QNAP NAS boxes. I have been tossing around with a number of ideas but this is what I finally came up with. Before we begin I must say that I h...
Category Archives: Infrastructure
Restoring a 38TB NAS
During the last couple of months I have been without my 38TB NAS as it broke down on me. We all have equipment failures from time to time, we take (most of us anyways) relevant actions to prevent the...
Writing your own DNS server backend
Have you ever wanted to manipulate DNS data on the fly like most CDN networks do, perhaps you have a specific reason to rewrite DNS data in your corporate network, for example in a split brain scenar...
My own Apple (Hackintosh) and why OSX is great, and why I switched!
How I’ve build an 4k capable Mac for only 400 Euros that works better than an 1000 Euro Apple Mini, or even my 3000 euro pc and loving it! This is somewhat a continuation of my first mac attemp...
Stopping WP-Admin brute foce attempts
Do you want to stop people from trying to brute force your Word press installation and you already have IIS ARR running? I have to say that I have not really bothered so much about failed wp-login at...
Virtualization home Lab Extreme
Most if not all labs today run virtual servers, virtualization has allowed myself and others to run software and services that was never within the reach 10 or 15 years go. I would not say that my VM...
Network home lab Extreme
We all know networking can be hard if you have never had any deeper experience than learning that you need to have the correct subnet mask and gateway so your server can communicate on the network. I...
Physical home lab Extreme
We all love hardware but having server-grade stuff @ home might not be the best idea if your living in a compact flat or don’t have an supporting family 🙂 I’ve setup two small servers, co...
Extreme home lab
I think most IT professionals have some sort of understanding that building a home lab could be beneficial for your career and would help you try out features and configurations that you might not ha...
Juniper prefer to use Cisco DNS servers
Earlier this week I’ve grabbed an new Juniper SRX300 box to play around with. Checking the factory reset config showed some interesting things. This was just good fun. The config contained this...