Qnap firmware 3.4.0 – notable speed increase
We have just deployed firmware v3.4.0 to several devices used by our clients and have observed a notable speed increase in large file transfers over SMB/Windows file sharing. If a unit connected to a full gigabit network (gigabit switch, cat5e/cat6 cables, gigabit network adapter in server or workstation) was previously measured at 65-70MB/s, now the same unit shows 95MB/s transfer rates. This is...
Read MoreDoes yor backup strategy account for untrained users?
Everyone knows that it is absolutely critical for most organizations to maintain proper backups of the data. In cases of disaster, employee sabotage, honest mistake or system failure important data may be lost if it wasn’t for the proper systems in place to prevent such event. However, many organizations underestimate the capabilities of their systems and procedures. One of the very...
Read MoreCase study: Unique solution to a 25 year old problem
A small business had a rather unusual problem – they had an accounting system that was running on an Intel i386 based computer with DOS operating system. The hardware and software have been first put in place 25 years ago and have not been touched since. Due to the amount of data in the system – the old backup method of copying data to the floppies no longer worked as the files grew...
Read MoreBusiness insurance and IT?
Majority of business have insurance policy that is said to cover them in case of business interruptions and pay for disaster recovery. For example if a fire or an earthquake rolls through the city of Poway, San Diego, Los Angeles or any other southern California location – a business owner would expect his insurance to pay for restoration of their business environment to a point where the...
Read MoreDocumentation done right
A few years back we had an interesting situation: a computer technician employed by our client was asked to document a system that was not present in the documentation repository. This is an easy task that one can follow by looking at the existing documentation for other systems and just replace most of the information with the information appropriate for that very server. Within a very short...
Read MoreFix printing after Adobe Acrobat 9.4.2 update
Our clients have just notified us about an issue in Adobe 9.4.2 – installing the update disables printing of PDF files from Adobe Acrobat (free Reader still works fine). After a little research we have found the solution to the problem. 1.) Please go to the installation directory of Acrobat (C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 9.0\Acrobat) 2.) Look for the file...
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