“ “Two out of every five companies struck with a major disaster are unable to recover. Of the survivors, one third go out of business within the next two years. ” — Gartner Study – 1996 Availability and Integrity – why you need Business Continuity Plans and Disaster Recovery Plans. Did you know that Information Security …Read More…
Category: Computers
VMWare and Netapp consultant in DC, Baltimore, Columbia, Frederick, and Rockville MD
We install and configure Netapp Disk Shelves and VMWare vCenter and ESXi for small and medium businesses in Maryland and DC. (more about VMWare and virtualization later in this article!) Netapp installation, integration, and maintenance Kieri Solutions endorses Netapp products because they are designed to be highly available and have several options for nearly instantaneous …Read More…
SBDC – Intro to GDPR training – Frederick MD
If your business deals with the personal information of EU citizens, or you are not sure if GDPR applies, you should come! On May 25, 2018, new legislation aimed at giving individuals more control and protection over their personal data – the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) – went into effect. Is your …Read More…
No, your computer isn’t slow.
How many times has this happened to you… You buy a brand new computer and things are great! You can browse the web at speed. Programs open and close when you ask. Life is good. Then time goes by – maybe a year. You’ve accidentally opened some sketchy websites (clicking links on Facebook is more …Read More…
Why you should consider a credit freeze – EquiFax hack
Now that Equifax has disclosed the hack of 143 million American’s personal records, there is no longer any hope of keeping our data private. You are an identity theft victim, you just don’t know it yet. I’ve long said that every big-name company has been hacked; they just haven’t disclosed it yet. This is just …Read More…
Virtual Servers, Storage, and SAN – Why your servers are slow
Alright folks, this is a technical topic, but I’m going to try to explain it simply. Bear with me! If your organization has more than five servers, you are probably using a virtualization system like VMWare or Microsoft’s HyperV. These systems give huge benefits in terms of high-availability, disaster recovery, and management ability. But if …Read More…
How to un-freeze your laptop like a pro
What is the first rule of computer troubleshooting? Unlike a regular desktop computer, when laptops “freeze up”, it is not obvious how to do this! Even if you pull out the cord, the laptop may just fall asleep and wake up exactly the same. Or maybe it will slowly drain the battery for …Read More…
Dell PowerEdge R730 PERC RAID online reconfiguration
This is a story about how we migrated a production server from RAID-1 to RAID-5 without losing data, using the PERC H730 controller. Recently, we pushed a Dell server’s PERC RAID controller to its limit. (After making a verified good backup, of course). Originally, the server’s hard drives were set up as a RAID 1 …Read More…
Dreamhost HTTP error WordPress media upload and library
Spent the weekend troubleshooting a website error on Dreamhost with the Shared Hosting Plan. Symptoms Media files (pictures) larger than 2mb were spontaneously disappearing from the media library. When uploading, large files would get the vague “HTTP error” in WordPress. The thumbnail would be blank, and you couldn’t see the picture if you edited it. …Read More…
FortiAnalyzer Configuration problems after initial deploy
FortiAnalyzer virtual appliance setup. Version 5.4.x Disk configuration problem: “Hard drive allocated for this VM instance” “is less than the licensed VM storage volume” . How do I remove this annoying warning? Behavior: If I select the alert, a link to the FortiNet website is displayed: http://help.fortinet.com/fa/vm-install/54/index.htm which is not helpful. Solution: …Read More…