New Knowledge: Reading list – IT Books
New Knowledge! IT is moving so fast that to keep up with it, you need to keep learning. Here is a list of books, I am looking forward to reading.
How to get (back) into IT
I have had the #openforwork tag on my profile on LinkedIn for some time, as I would like to pivot my career back into IT. I was originally trained as a programmer in the late ’80s early ’90s. Back then the paradigm was System Analysis and Design – you analysed the current system with both […]
Reconnecting FatAgnus – part 1
FatAgnus is a ZFS pool that holds some of my family’s important data. This is my journey to reconnect this data using TrueNAS Scale
Explainer: What is RAID?
In this explainer I will present an overview of RAID levels and the pros and cons of each, as well as Hardware vs Software RAID.
Setup 2024 – taking stock of my servers
This is an overview of my servers as of February 2024 with a look forward to what I expect to change in the future.
Preparing for 100 Days of Homelab
I am preparing to start the 100 Days of Homelab challenge to educate myself into the different fields of computing that interests me and that will make a difference in my life, such as an improvement of quality of life, enhancing my career, generally sparking my imagination and creative side, and perhaps a mix of […]
Back from hiatus 2022
… and 100 Days of Homelab! Huge apologies for this past years hiatus. I have not posted in more than a year. Actually my latest post was April 24th 2021. But now I am back!!! A lot has happened since my last post. First of all I started a new job on October 1st as […]
Designing a DIY Battery pack
Many people have built battery packs out of both Nickel and Lithium based batteries for their own personal use. Maybe as a battery bank for a Solar system or for a smaller use case. I have been contemplating to build my own version of a standardised(ish) DIY battery pack. One that I could use for […]
Getting started with Ubuntu on your desktop
I have been using Linux for a long time. Some times with a Dual Boot setup – that is when the system starts you choose between the installed operating systems e.g. Windows and Linux. And I have been using Linux as the main desktop as well. In this post I will be exploring getting started […]
Time to upgrade the HP SmartArray P410
My Home Server is struggling with high IOWait under IO load and the time has come to upgrade the HP SmartArray P410 SAS/SATA controller with Write Cache. In Setting up a Home Server using an old (2009) HP Proliant ML150 G6 I describe how my storage pool is using a mixed set of drives. The […]