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Ok… The truth is I was scrolling through Facebook Marketplace and I saw a an Eaton 5PX2200 UPS for sale. It was rackmount and the pictures looked good. But for an impulse purchase the price was a little high. A … Continue reading →

I was going through some old web backups (because of the last post) and found a picture (320×240 and I scaled it up a bit for this post – I think we had a Sony Mavica digital camera). Here’s some … Continue reading →

On Thursday night, about an hour before going to bed, I decided to do an in-place upgrade to my VPS. I knew I had good backups of WordPress, the websites, etc. so I was not all that concerned. I have … Continue reading →

After years of using desktop UPSes for my server and network gear, I finally bought a rack mount, data centre grade UPS. Over the years, APC was my go-to brand. However, after two of my three UPSes had their batteries … Continue reading →

Good bye 2023… Hello 2024! I wish everyone health, wealth and happiness over 2024. I guess I’m getting a little nostalgic as I have become ye olde IT grey beard… I thought I would put up some my “server closet” … Continue reading →

Well, despite my misgivings over the price of Netgate’s rack mount for the 4100/6100 firewall series, I finally broke down and bought one. I still think it is far overpriced even with the nice blue anodised aluminium. I really wish … Continue reading →

It has been just over 17 days with my new Netgate 6100. Shipping was sort-of a day late – I guess because couriers seem to have difficulty with delivery times to the easterly part of North America. I purchased the … Continue reading →

I guess buying the not-so-cheap Alibaba-ish 1u rack router was not a totally great idea. Something failed and I think that it is network ports. All the network ports. All six of them. Anyway, I have a Netgate 6100 ordered … Continue reading →

Here’s hoping that everyone had a Merry Christmas (or whichever holiday you celebrate!) and wishing everyone a happy, healthy and prosperous 2023! Since my last post back in mid-October, I had my thoughts on what my next upgrade(s) would be … Continue reading →

A couple of notes on where I am with my ESXi to Proxmox move. What I have done: I finally bit the bullet and deleted all of my iSCSI LUNs for ESXi – they were simply wasting space at this … Continue reading →