It was good to have a fairly comprehensive look at both QNAP and Synology at VMworld 2015. Hopefully you'll find these informal product overview tours helpful, with some information included that pertains to the home lab enthusiast. See also at TinkerTry Synology at CES 2012: VMware…
Get AOMEI Backupper Professional Edition Download trial Purchase Purchase, with lifetime free upgrades Obtain NFR version for MVPs, MCPs, MCTS, and VCP/vExperts A few months back, I may have made a mistake by trying out Samsung RAPID Mode in an attempt to speed up my Windows 8.1 SSD noticeably. I…
You may have spotted Ben commenting right here on TinkerTry "Version 1.1 is out now!" He's right! I hadn't yet spotted the August 4th announcements, to thanks to Ben, I'm now kicking the tires on a fresh copy of Windows 10. I'm using some PCs where I "convinced" the 1.0…
If you have: an industry certification (list above) an interest in a free way to automatically back up your home-lab VMs, using an easy-to-configure vSphere 6.0 appliance that takes well under 10 minutes to set up with your browser Get free NFR copy of NAKIVO B&R by clicking the [affiliate…
If you've followed TinkerTry for a while, you'll know I've been taking a look at Veeam, NAKIVO, and many other backup and recovery solutions suitable for home virtualization labs. See also my December 10, 2014 post Free NFR of Veeam Availability Suite v8 with Backup & Replication for VCPs,…
I actually enjoy playing around with beta code, because I like getting a peek at where things are headed. I also enjoy hitting the ground running, when the final product finally arrives. For over a decade now, in my home the family's PCs tend to be at the very latest OS level, usually a month or…
Please note what been in TinkerTry's tagline, since January 2013: TinkerTry IT @ home Efficient virtualization, storage, backup, and more... So it's rather theme-appropriate for me to be happy to share that Veeam Endpoint Backup FREE is now generally available, download…
I've been waiting for the release of Veeam Endpoint Backup FREE for around 7 months now. It all started with this October 2014 post by Mike Resseler, Product Strategy Specialist for Veeam: Announcing: Veeam Endpoint Backup FREE Here's an excerpt: Does free mean no support? Veeam Endpoint Backup…
As you may recall, I've been trying out various backup solutions suitable for the home lab virtualization enthusiast, see also Superguide: Home virtualization lab backup software, some special deals for VMware VCPs and vExperts. This week, a big release for NAKIVO, even though they make no claims…
Showtime at 7pm Eastern time this Monday, December 22nd. View all the event details, and/or join the event LIVE, at: Event is over, and we sure got into the weeds for a bit there. Playback with demo already available right here below: *My backup demo with Rick was using a network share on a…
TinkerTry's tagline (since January 2013): TinkerTry IT @ home Efficient virtualization, storage, backup, and more... My writings are not done on a whim. This new Veeam beta obviously has my attention as the most interesting product in years, since bare metal restore software for Windows is rare. Ra…
Watch a bare metal restore of a Lenovo ThinkPad T61p over gigabit ethernet, using the WS2012R2E's capability to do boot from LAN for the recovery media. That's right, no need to use USB/DVD/CD, it just works, it's one of the best features introduced with the 2012 version, and works great for busy …
Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials is GA for about a year now. It's the evolution of products that originated with Windows Home Server back in late 2007, which was based on 32 bit Window 2003. It's now based on the very capable Windows Server 2012 R2, with a streamlined interface reminiscent of its…
By default, the Veeam Endpoint Backup FREE backs your system when it can. A simple next/next/next default install chooses 12:30am for that daily backup. So if your computer is on at 12:30am, the "Veeam Endpoint Backup" Windows Service can trigger that backup. What if your computer is set…
TinkerTry IT @ home. Efficient virtualization, storage, backup, and more... Notice the TinkerTry tagline, above. The words home and backup. They're an integral part of my 2 decade IT career, and a common theme among the 500+ posts here at TinkerTry.com. I'm always investigating various ways to ba…
First: read To get started, I'd strongly recommend reading these closely-related, very recent articles: Free NFR of Veeam Availability Suite v8 with Backup & Replication for VCPs, vExperts, and many other certified professionals Microsoft left the home backup server market, is Veeam Endpoint …
...and they're giving Surface Pro 3 to 6 lucky beta testers. Sounds intriguing, especially for a v1 release. I listened in to a portion of their Webinar today, and wanted to share some initial impressions, based on what I heard so far. I haven't had a chance to test it yet, but Andreas …
It's a smart move, when an enterprise backup company markets their wares to the home lab enthusiast. Why? Well, we're often IT professionals, and there's no better way to get to know sofware than by trying software. 30 day time bombs don't exactly encourage you to really test these products hard …
This site has grown to 4.9GB of data. Not something you'd want to backup directly to my own home anymore, using something like SFTP, tying up my web host, and bandwidth, for hours. The blogVault WordPress Plugin connects your blog to the $9 monthly backup service. The first backup is full, and from…
. See also On blogVault for a year, still happy with its daily backups of TinkerTry.com May 01 2014 I started this WordPress-based blog called TinkerTry.com over 2 years ago. Like the dozen or so other extended family systems I'm responsible for backing up daily, my blog also needed a new routine, e…
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After 6 successful years testing then shipping well over 1,000 Xeon D Bundles, Wiredzone had to stop selling them in mid-2021 due to cost, supply, and logistics challenges. So far, Xeon D-1700/2700 (Ice Lake D) was a minor refresh for 2023, with Xeon D-1800/2800 (Granite Rapids D) refresh looking a little better for 2024. More cores, but still just PCIe Gen4 and DDR4. Looking ahead, I'm glad it's Pat Gelsinger at Intel's helm. I'm also grateful to have had the honor of working at VMware when Pat was the CIO there. I'll leave it at that, given the whole Broadcom thing.
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