July 29, 2014
by Darryl Hoytt
Comments Off on Late Season Vegetable Garden Getting Better With Much Work
Well the late season vegetable garden has had its first harvest a few weeks ago and has had a ton of weeds in between when I started the garden and now. The last of the weeds I mostly removed over… Continue reading
June 28, 2014
by Darryl Hoytt
Comments Off on Late Season Vegetable Garden in Place
My late start on a vegetable garden is finally done. Will probably add some more items here and there plus fine tune the sprinkler drip system as the season moves along but that’s to be expected. This is the final… Continue reading
June 26, 2014
by Darryl Hoytt
Comments Off on A Hump Day Evening after Work Gardening Triumph
I had the perfect storm this evening for getting my weeds chopped down in my garden this evening. First I happened to work from home the end of the day due to a family emergency that turned out ok. Then… Continue reading
April 14, 2014
by Darryl Hoytt
Comments Off on Hammock Rest Gone Wrong
Well after a few hours cleaning up in the yard there is nothing like a nice stay in a hammock with a cold drink by your side unless the hammock feels you are not quite done cleaning up the yard!… Continue reading
March 13, 2014
by Darryl Hoytt
Comments Off on Updated NAS Systems Again
Well added more functionality to both NAS systems. Yesterday I added the second Dell Perc H310 to one NAS system plus added two more 2 TB SAS 6 GB/s drives. Tonight after a very long session working on some clusters… Continue reading
February 10, 2014
by Darryl Hoytt
Comments Off on Replaced Backplane on Second NAS
Well I finally replaced the backplane on the second NAS system I had built. The backplane had come damaged and reseller had sent me a replacement a couple of weeks ago but today is the first time I had time… Continue reading
January 13, 2014
by Darryl Hoytt
Comments Off on Second NAS Rebuild Compete
Well finished rebuilding my second NAS into a new chassis identical to the other with the same specifications as the other NAS today with a few issues. Everything went pretty much the same as the other NAS rebuild except that… Continue reading
January 2, 2014
by Darryl Hoytt
Comments Off on Rebuild of One NAS System Initial Complete and Moved FreeNAS Configuration
Well in an effort to save space and go up to 6gbs enviornment totally eventually I rebuilt my physical NAS system. I went from having a: 4U rack mount case that I booted FreeNAS off an Adaptec 39160 SCSI… Continue reading
December 14, 2013
by Darryl Hoytt
Comments Off on Rebuilt Nagios Server, Updated XenServer, Corrected HW Issue on FreeNAS Node, Reconfigured Router Tonight
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December 2, 2013
by Darryl Hoytt
Comments Off on Virtualization of Old Systems Websites & New Media Server
Well this weekend I made great progress I built a test media server, virtualized a few old physical web servers, as well as my old but powerful XP desktop with 5 SCSI drives I just retired. I have been… Continue reading