StarWind StarWind release rPerf for testing RDMA connections StarWind release rPerf, an RDMA performance testing tool
Tools Review: Stellar Phoenix SQL Database Repair tool MS SQL data is important, this tool might be able to help recover data when you are in a bad situation
Tools Handy apps - Serva64 Serva64 is one of those little utilities that you might first look at and wonder just why it exists. For those of you who have never heard of it, Serva64 is a very
StarWind StarWind ProActive Support Technical support is one of those things that you hope to not need too often but when you do need it, you need something that you can count on, is there for you
Veeam Exploring Veeam's Windows Agent Years ago I worked at Symbian software (later to be taken over and destroyed by Nokia and Microsoft but that’s a story for another time), there I deployed Connected Data protector which
Tools Forget telnet for testing ports, use portqry I keep coming across situations where techs use telnet to see if a remote port is open or not. Please stop using telnet for this especially as the results it gives back can
Security Why website security matters - a practical example. This happens all too often, someone will contact me and try to sell me something, an IT service, a new way of doing things, it doesn't matter. The thing is, if I'm contacted
Tools TaskCoach There are a lot of little tools out there which can allegedly help you get more organised, better with time management, etc, etc. Personally I find most of the tools are more awkward
Tools AD Find AD Find is the second of the two tools I managed to find in the same week. This little tool weighs in at just 700K for the download and about 2mb for the
Tools AD Explorer from Sysinternals Sometimes it's possible to stumble upon a tool and wonder just how you would have gotten a task accomplished without it. Last week I had the good fortune to stumble upon two such
War Stories Legacy Systems and a very handy SQL comparrison Tool On Friday, I had the "pleasure" of having to get a legacy system up and running. This system was originally introduced to allow users in the business to manage group membership
Technical Centralised Logging One of the essential features for even a small network is a centralised logging solution. Having a centralised logging tool makes for much easier trouble shooting as it becomes possible to review logs
Tips The power of the human mind........ to fail. The human brain is an amazing computer. It can store almost infinite quantities of data, it has near instant recollection to enable you to recognise people, places and perform the essential day to
Tips 3,000 test users Do you ever have need of a few hundred to a few thousand random names to populate your Active Directory in order to test something? This is the requirement I had a few
Tools Tiddly Wiki's For a couple of projects I'm working on it's nice to have 'scratchpad' type area where information can be quickly written and accessed. A wiki is perfect for this type of information because
Tools Free Document Mangement System One of things that IT departments seem to be very good at is producing documentation, diagrams, PDF's and other assorted paperwork. Some of the material produced is actually very good but trying to
Tips Migration of DHCP database On my home 'production' network I have a single Active Directory server that runs DNS and DHCP. Whilst not fault tolerant it does the job and for a network that can afford the
Security Password Mangement Software Passwords are a real (but necessary) pain in the neck. These day's it seems that every site requires registration and if you are being good by being secure with different passwords at each
Tips Working with TCP/IP Networks In my previous blog article I gave a couple of troubleshooting tips on DHCP. I also mentioned that I would show a trick for working out TCP/IP subnets. There are MANY subnet