When using a FreeNAS share with macOS, it creates different Finder metadata directories for each regular directory. To keep a backup to an external medium as lean as possible, this data can be deleted, which is the easiest ...
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FreeNAS 10: "Corral" released
After several years of development, version 10 of FreeNAS has now been released, name: "Corral". iXsystems has released FreeNAS 10 "Corral", a new version of the popular operating system for DIY NAS systems. The interface has been completely revised and comes ...
Continue readingHP Microserver Gen8: CPU exchange
Those who buy an HP Microserver Gen8 usually go for the entry-level model with a Celeron G1610T processor. Since the CPU is socketed, it can be easily replaced. The Celeron G1610T is a dual-core CPU with a clock rate of 2.3 GHz and ...
Continue readingLet's encrypt: Pitfalls with domain change
Some time ago I changed the domain of my blog - from www.kadder.de to www.techblogger.net. There was a pitfall with the use of Let's encrypt. The approach: when changing the domain, of course, from ...
Continue readingFreeNAS 10 BETA - new interface & docker support
There are some fundamental changes with FreeNAS 10, including Docker support. The new version is now in beta: not yet ready for production use, but far enough along to gauge the major features. FreeNAS 10 ...
Continue readingFreeNAS 9.10-RELEASE with new FreeBSD base
Before with FreeNAS 10 a completely new version appears, FreeNAS 9.10 is now released. The most important innovation: FreeBSD 10.3-RC3 as a basis. The interface was not updated, this will happen only with FreeNAS 10. The upgrade from ...
Continue readingNginx: keep ngx_pageespeed up to date
If you use the Nginx-Pagespeed module - like I do on tech-blogger.net and routerzwang.de - you should keep it up to date. This can save you a lot of troubleshooting. If you already compile Nginx yourself, and the module ...
Continue readingNginx: PHP alternative HHVM
If you want to further optimize the execution speed of PHP scripts, sooner or later you will stumble upon HHVM - a just-in-time compiler for PHP. HHVM can be easily installed via the Debian package management. Once that is done, it can be installed in the ...
Continue readingPagespeed: Load WordPress in under 1s (Nginx + HTTP/2)
If you want WordPress to be really fast, you won't get anywhere with common caching plugins after a certain point. Nginx with HTTP2 helps. Since version 1.9.5 the open source version of Nginx also supports the HTTP/2 protocol directly - ...
Continue readingNginx: HTTP/2 available via alpha patch
HTTP/2 is supported by more and more browsers, only the web servers still have problems. A first patch has now been released for Nginx, which integrates the new protocol. For this, of course, it is first necessary that ...
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