HP P2000 G3, What we really think
I received a P2000 G3 FC/iSCSI combo array from HP in mid-December so I could do some reviews as a, sort of, follow up to the G2 model that I…
Author: Justin Paul
GFI Backup: Home Edition
I started using a new product this week at my parents house for backup, and I have to say its pretty cool. I’m talking about GFI Backup: Home Edition. One…
Free Kaseya IT Toolkit
Recently I signed up for the FREE Kaseya’s IT Toolbox, which is a remote support tool from the same people who make the enterprise versions that MSP’s (Managed Service Providers)…
The Missing Manual Part 2: When Snapshots Go Wrong
One thing you are probably going to run into if you have virtualized your servers and are using a snapshot based based backup product are orphaned snapshots. I don’t think…
Open-E SAN Synchronous Replication
Today I was troubleshooting some performance issues between two Open-E SAN’s and found some pretty interesting information for anyone who is considering going with this product. Before I get into…
Veeam Backup and IP Changes
Today I brought a backup server back from one of our customer’s so that I could seed some replica’s. In order to do this I needed to change the IP…
AX4 vs P2000 G3: 15k vs 15k drives
Recently I tested an EMC Clariion AX4-5 array and compared it to the HP P2000 G3 array. You can find that post over here, and after I wrote it I…
Windows 7 was MY idea ?
OK well, it wasn’t my idea because if it was I’d be frickin RICH! Anyhow, I’ve been up since about 3 AM with the baby, its now about 5:30…it’s crunch…
Infrastructure Upgrades
For the better part of 3 years I have hosted several mustang forums and other stuff on a pair of Dell 2650 servers. At first, there was just local storage…
Choosing the right UPS for your I.T. needs
One thing that I see a lot of while I’m onsite are APC SmartUPS, and at one time I even had a couple. I always ask the customer why they…