This weekend I thought I’d have a go at setting up SlimServer, an application that streams music to various audio devices. It’s primarily design to work with the SqueezeBox, a hardware device that can wirelessly stream the music, but there are various bits of software that can use it too. The server itself was a doddle to set up. There …
Looks like summer is finally here, but for me that isn’t a good thing. The main reason I dislike the summer is hayfever. I get it quite badly which means I spend most of the summer bunged up, itchy, and miserable. Add to that the heat and dryness we get in Kent and I’m not a happy chappy. Thankfully I …
This week we’ve finally seen the end of some things I’ve been trying to sort out for some time now. The old storage arrays (Sun T3s and A1000s) are finally gone. The T3 arrays in particular have caused us endless grief over the past few years, so I’m more than happy to see them go. It also marks the end …
I’ve never got on well with software RAID systems on FreeBSD. I’ve tried gvinum (previously I used vinum), gmirror, and ataraid, all with varying degrees of success. The latest machine I built is using gmirror, and so far I’m happy. However, over the past few days I’ve been having problems with a system I built a couple of years ago. …