So I moved my TVH Server into another machine and bought a rack mount case from xcase.co.uk, Velvet which was the App Server was running the TVH Server but i also moved Velvet into another rack case and now only being used as a Virtualization Server. I was debating on whether to virtualize TvHeadend i did test it […]
Author: Jack Bamford
How to Fix Backlit Keyboard on Sony Laptops in Linux
So i got a Sony Vaio Flip 14 that came with Windows 10 I took Windows 10 off this laptop and found that the backlit keyboard does not work at all, after booting into Linux it turns off well there is fix and this problem is very common. Sony decided to use Software instead of Hardware to control […]
10Gbe Network on the cheap
Update 29 Feb 2020. There is a issue with Jumbo Frames set to 9000 when using iSCSI doesn’t seem to affect NFS/SMB. I recommend not using MTU9000 instead use MTU1500 instead. Known Symptoms Link locks up no packets are received or sent High CPU Usage of 100% netstat -m shows the following in FreeNAS. This problem doesn’t seem […]
Let’s meet Telsa
So Telsa is a a Storage Server that runs FreeNAS and has two arrays for regular Storage i.e Music, Movies, TV Shows, Documents etc. The other Storage array is for iSCSI which is used for Velvet which runs all the VMs (only runs on 10gig network), the Storage array has total of 18TB in a RAIDZ2 configuration with […]
Raspberry Pi 3 Kodi Build
From March 20th 2017 So I’ve been looking around for an alternative to my old AppleTV 3 which is obsolete. I have been meaning to get a Pi for awhile now so after searching around the net for an alternative decided to give the Raspberry Pi a go with OpenElec installed on a 16GB Micro SD card which […]
Z/H97M-D3H Hackintosh Clover Guide
From November 5th 2016 So i’ve been working on a project with my new hackintosh build. Ive done appropriate patches using Clover Hotpatch with a Set of SSDTs. I am a busy man with a little time time on my hands. The patches I’ve done are on my GitHub which i will link below. The patches I’ve done […]
Rosewill RSV-SATA-Cage-34 4 Hotswap Cage
So i was on the hunt for Hot Swap cages for my 4u FreeNAS Storage Server as the Toolless cages that the Codegen 4U600 Server case comes with are not that great. So i looked at a few hotswap cages online but didn’t fine any at a great price as they seem pricey, i came across the Roswill […]