by wwarren | Jan 3, 2021 | Dell, Free/TrueNAS, FreeBSD, Hardware, Open Source, Storage
I have had a Dell R520 server here at my location for a bit now and it’s been a great upgrade for my business. In addition to providing network storage it also has been the final testbed for my new network attached storage product I recently announced. I have...
by wwarren | Jan 2, 2021 | Free/TrueNAS, FreeBSD, General, Hardware, Open Source, Storage, Windows, Windows 10
I had 1909 on my machine and it decided to upgrade to 20h2(mainly because i forgot to disable feature updates after some windows maintenance). Things immediately went downhill from there. I knew something was funky when it kept saying my E drive(my iscsi gamecache)...
by wwarren | Dec 15, 2020 | Podcast, Security, Security Alerts
This is the first in a series of podcasts about the SolarWinds hack. As details come out I will be making more podcasts and providing links in futher posts. Hang on folks..it’s going to be a fun ride. You can download the podcast episode here. Here’s...
by wwarren | Dec 14, 2020 | Annoucements, Hosting
Nathan Neil interviewed me about my hosting product. It’s about 25 minutes long. We talk about why I started my company, my hosting products, how I am different. We also talk about the value I present in the hosting space and how my attention to detail gives...
by wwarren | Dec 9, 2020 | Firewalls, Free/TrueNAS, FreeBSD, Hosting, Linux, Open Source, PFSense
RedHat announces the death of CentOS. To quote the article: In the past, CentOS has been a community build of the current RHEL source, providing a robust production distro for those willing to do without Red Hat support. When RHEL gets a fix, the project aims to have...
by wwarren | Dec 4, 2020 | Annoucements, Free/TrueNAS, Hardware, Open Source
Remember this post? This has been 4 years in the making. I have tested this extensively at my office and at a clients remote location. With ransomware going nuts I am targeting this launch towards protecting against ransomware and offering an affordable, onsite...
by wwarren | Dec 3, 2020 | Comcast, Internet
Comcast released a website that says they are capping residential at 1.2 Terabytes of data usage. If you go over it’s $10/month per 50 gigabytes. Your maximum overage charge is $100/month. At least Comcast is not trying to say it’s for network...
by wwarren | Nov 29, 2020 | Hardware, Security, Security Alerts
ZDNET has a concerning article about UEFI malware found on some PC’s. According to the article this most recent UEFI infection was not the first. The Russian APT group Fancy Bear was using it back in 2018. Things like this usually means you can count on at...
by wwarren | Oct 1, 2020 | Annoucements, Hosting, Service Status
ETC Maryland takes server security seriously. One way ETC Maryland provides is to make sure the Linux version used are Long Term Support releases. This maintains the code base at a set level. This also means a reduced bug count and increased system stability. ...
by wwarren | Sep 23, 2020 | Hosting, Services
I recently posted about a web hosting client that got their site compromised and how another web developer was wanting what I feel is an exorbitant amount of money for their offered service. I have received a testimonial from the primary web developer of that site:...
