This is a bit of a departure from my usual datacenter focused content, but I like to post about gadgets once in a while. I grabbed this tire inflator from Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/362215003/urlazy-the-cordless-handheld-tire-inflator The...
I don’t know about you, but in my line of work, we frequently have to convert between various data measurements. Whether this is storage capacity or network throughput,...
At Dell Tech World 2022 this week Dell announced the upcoming release of PowerStore 3.0 which includes new controller and expansion shelf hardware as well as some serious...
Dell SC, perhaps better known as Compellent, has finally had its end of life formally announced. I feel like many people have been watching for this since the acquisition...
Cybersecurity Datacenter Storage
Over the last year or so, I’ve helped multiple companies recover from ransomware events utilizing snapshots on their storage arrays. In several of these instances,...
Dell just announced PowerStore OS version 2.0. It will be available for download on 6/10/2021. If you are new to PowerStore, check out this intro post here. As you can...
Dell is expanding the reach of the PowerStore mid-range storage platform further down-market with the introduction of the entry level PowerStore 500T. This smaller system...
I’ve used a number of different password managers over the years. I was a LastPass user for a long time, but recently felt compelled to take a look at other options...
You want a Microsoft Windows 10 instance in your EC2 environment. Maybe its for a jump box, maybe its for direct access to some RDS instances or other services. Whatever...
This is kind of like COVID sourdough bread for pilots. Seems like many of us undertook this fun project to keep us busy during COVID. As usual, I was a little behind the...