by wwarren | Aug 4, 2016 | General, Hardware, Storage
There are several things folks have “burned” into their mind about hard drive maintenance that no longer apply to SSD drives. There are also several major considerations when it comes to data security that are different between SSD drives and Hard Drives....
by wwarren | Jul 30, 2016 | FreeBSD, Open Source, Research Projects, Security
I have grown weary of the proprietary vendors or vendors who start off Open Source and then switch to closed source while code quality and value for both me and my clients goes down. Even though I ahve partnered with Sophos and Dell their products do not meet every...
by wwarren | Jul 30, 2016 | Hardware, Intel, Microsoft, Nvidia, Storage, Windows, Windows 10, Windows 7
I just dumped my main computer( my annual maintenance is a format/reload) to reload it and I decided to put Windows 10 on this machine for giggles. The install was really fast as this system is nothing to sneeze at: Intel core I-5 4690k 32 Gigs DDR3 1600 Crucial...
by wwarren | Jul 28, 2016 | Government Regulations, HIPAA, Security
MOST entities that are required to comply with HIPAA are not because of a ton of confusion. After much research I have found a nutshell article that explains HIPAA compliance for data security. It codifies in US Federal Law what best practices have been for a long...
by wwarren | Jul 27, 2016 | Research Projects
I have been pondering this for a while. I wanted to build something that would act as either as a local backup target with offsite backup capabilities or as a full blown network storage device with the same capabilities. If this works I will be able to offer my...
