It’s been a while since I’ve posted an update to this blog. I’ve been rather busy with both work and personal matters, and haven’t had a chance to maintain this blog properly. I hope to rectify this and post at least once a week for the next few months. I posted an update1 regarding my [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Server’
ESXi, ZFS, and Home Server Data Storage – Part 1
By Wes Kroesbergen in TechnologyUPDATE: It seems I may be re-evaluating my choice of OpenSolaris vs. Nexenta. I’ve experienced a lot of issues with SMB/CIFS authentication on OpenSolaris, and have not been able to get it to work properly. I’ve also had a reply from a commenter assuring me as to the stability of Nexenta 3. I’ll post again [...]
Tags: data, ESXi, linux, Nexenta, OpenSolaris, raidz, SAN, Server, storage, Ubuntu, VMWare, ZFS
VMWare ESXi as a Media Server
By Wes Kroesbergen in Featured Articles, General, TechnologyIn the last little while, I’ve begun to work a lot more with VMware ESXi, in an attempt to understand virtualization better. Along with the benefits it brings to larger companies, I began to see some benefits that it would bring to my personal life. At home, I am constantly developing or experimenting with new [...]
Tags: ESXi, linux, Media, Server, Ubuntu, Virtualization, VMWare
The Cloud as a Load Balancer
By Wes Kroesbergen in Featured Articles, General, TechnologyToday is the day of a remarkable new entry into the Canadian wireless space, the launch of WIND Mobile. It is a launch I’m incredibly excited about, but that in itself shall be left to another post. The launch of WIND, just as with virtually any other major product/company launch, was not without problems. Mere [...]
Tags: Cloud, cloud computing, demand, launch day, load balancing, product launch, Server, WIND
Update Re: Print Issues
By Wes Kroesbergen in TechnologyTwo posts ago, I wrote about the printer issues at work. At the end, I mentioned that the print role had been moved to a dedicated server, a move I agree with. What is puzzling and perturbing to me is that EXACTLY the SAME drivers were used on the new print server. With the new [...]
Printer Issues
By Wes Kroesbergen in TechnologyUpdate: I’ve gotten an insane amount of hits for “you do not have sufficient access to your computer to connect to the selected printer”, “windows cannot connect to the printer 000006be”, and “hp printer You do not have sufficient access”. (start reading at the 3rd paragraph if you want to jump straight to the details [...]
Tags: Microsoft, Print, Server, Troubleshooting