• Default Cluster Size Issues

    I recently ran into quite the dilemma with my home storage server.  I have a large RAID5 that had 8x 2TB drives.  This gave me a usable capacity of 14TB.  When I had originally started off with just a few drives, this drive volume was formatted with the default windows cluster size of 4k.  That …

  • HTPC Manager

    I just installed this software and it’s pretty great!  Just wanted to give a recommendation to anyone out there looking for a centralized interface for all your mediacenter/downloader needs. Here’s the link.

  • Lots of away time

    Apologies for the lack of posts lately.  I had some database problems on my home server, but they’re fixed now.  More posting to come soon!

  • How to configure SSH version 2 on Cisco Devices (disable SSH version 1)

    To enable Secure Shell (SSH) version 2 (disable version 1) on a Cisco router an IOS with 3des encryption is required. Follow the next steps to enable SSH: • Configure the hostname command. • Configure the DNS domain. • Generate RSA key to be used. • Enable SSH transport support for the virtual type terminal …