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Month: April 2020

Apple Time Machine backups to QNAP NAS fail verification

20 May 202028 April 2020 by chris

I use a 2018 MacBook Pro for work and if there’s one thing that I know all too well from working in enterprise environments over the years, is that backups are crucially important. At home, I run a QNAP NAS for, well, generic NAS duties. It’s the workhorse in my house, offering a backup destination … Read more

Categories Apple, Catalina, Time Machine

Homelab progression – from SuperMicro Servers to VMware Workstation to Whitebox build

4 June 202015 April 2020 by chris

I previously blogged about my SuperMicro based homelab. It performed without issue, however, I was concerned about noise and heat output from the little servers. Had I power and networking available in my garage I might have put them in there but that wasn’t an option. Keeping them cool throughout the winter wasn’t much of … Read more

Categories Homelab, VMware, vSAN

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