Author Archives: j mozdzen

external disk enclosures meet high-volume writes

Posted on June 9, 2015 by j mozdzen

Have you wondered about the differences between all those external USB-to-SATA enclosures, that pile up in your drawer/side board/whereever? Of course there are the typical differences in size, color, robustness and USB2 vs. USB3 – but we recently stumbled across … Continue reading →

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Firefox passwords: Now you see ’em, now you don’t

Posted on June 8, 2015 by j mozdzen

For some weeks, I’ve been suffering from an obscure problem with my Firefox password store: All stored passwords were available when listed via “settings” / “security” / “stored passwords”, and Firefox would enter user names in the appropriate web site … Continue reading →

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Creating a Linux-based SAN-/NAS-Server

Posted on May 26, 2015 by j mozdzen

When our former SAN server crashed in 2014, we set up a new SAN/NAS environment based on servers that were available to us at that time. While the servers were definitely suitable, they have their limits and we decided to … Continue reading →

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