Reverse Proxy. I’ve been implementing reverse-proxy solutions in lab and in production for some time now, but I always come across the same problem; It’s not the easiest type of a system to manage, especially when there are SSL certificates involved. Now, before I started looking for an easy-to-manage SSL Read more…
My computer is on a domain. I wanted to enable RDP access so I could work remotely, however in doing that, I’m letting my colleagues and others in my organization log in to my PC, as well as potentially allowing an intruder to log in. There are options to disallow Read more…
The package selection Synology offers is pretty extensive. You can add-on anything from Plex Media Server to Apache Web Server or McAfee Anti-Virus for your NAS. But there are some apps we all know and love and Synology simply does not offer. Some of these are not offered because they Read more…
A lot of people have the Amazon Cloud Drive software running on a home computer. The upload speeds can be pretty mediocre, and by default you’re only uploading one file at a time. But what about servers with higher-throughput internet connections? I installed the software on a cloud server and Read more…
In the process of optimizing a Synology DS1815+ for iSCSI, I opted to defragment the volume containing the LUN. This Synology had 2x Samsung 850 Pro SSDs in RAID-0 serving a cache, but the cache will be skipped for sequential I/O. In this scenario, with the sequential I/O turned off, the Read more…
Not that I use eSATA for any of my peripherals, but I noticed that some Synology models have eSATA ports where other models don’t. Get this: During a tear down of my DS416play, I discovered there’s an eSATA port on the USB 3 module. I haven’t tested it and don’t Read more…
Performance of Synology devices out of the box can only be monitored in real-time. This is fine, but when you start installing packages, transferring data, and the NAS starts doing its thing — well you might be left wondering at times “what’s going on?”. You can see up to fifteen Read more…
I don’t know about you, but my impression of Amazon Cloud Drive has always been somewhat negative due to the fact that you couldn’t sync the files with your PC after you uploaded them. I mean, this completely defeated the purpose of having that type of storage for a lot Read more…
I find myself stuck in situations where I can’t really leave or close my shell session, but I have to go somewhere else, disconnect my internet, or otherwise lose shell access for some reason or another and unable to get back where I left off. Things like this happen sometimes, Read more…
I filled up my 15GB of space on Google Photos. I always thought the photos were kind of stuck in there. I knew I could download them, but I didn’t want to do it through their web interface. That would be very cumbersome as I have many photos. I discovered Read more…