Author Archives: Tyler

If you can’t be bothered to read, maybe you shouldn’t use Facebook.

Let me start by apologizing, I will probably offend someone and that’s not my point. BUT, if you can’t be bothered to read about Facebook’s privacy settings and attempt to understand them, MAYBE YOU SHOULDN’T USE IT! What sparked my rant is the following post that’s been circulating regarding Facebook’s new Pilot program with Microsoft Docs, Pandora, [...]
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16TB SAN for Under $2800 – Part 1

The problem: Several terabytes of data needing offsite backup. The solution: A custom-built SAN, inspired by the Backblaze Storage Pod, and running OpenFiler. Disclaimer: The purpose of this SAN is not to provide disaster-proof recovery, it is simply to have a reliable secondary location for your data at a low cost per gigabyte. Selecting Your Hardware When selecting hardware [...]
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