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Monitoring Internet performance with a Raspberry PI #PiDay2023

Posted on March 12, 2023 by admin — No Comments ↓

Ever wonder how your ISP is really doing, with the quality of their services? Wouldn’t it be fun to be able to track critical metrics, like bandwidth availability and network latency? While we all think about how fast my internet Continue reading Monitoring Internet performance with a Raspberry PI #PiDay2023→

Raspberry PI Storage Performance: Part 2 U3 vs U3 Cards, they are all no equal

Posted on February 16, 2021 by admin

In the previous post in this short series, I shared a benchmark between MicroSD card and a USB Drive. In this review we look at two different MicroSD cards, both with a U3 rating. The U3 rated card was Continue reading Raspberry PI Storage Performance: Part 2 U3 vs U3 Cards, they are all no equal→

Let’s do some image magic! January 20, 2025
One of my all time favorite utilities built into Oracle Linux is ImageMagick. ImageMagick is a free, open-source software suite that allows users to create, edit, and manipulate images. ImageMagick supports almost 200 file formats, including JPEG, PNG and GIF. Continue reading Let’s do some image magic!→ The post Let’s do some image magic! appeared […]
Part 2; Upgrading OEM to 24ai January 6, 2025
So, in the prior post, we patched OEM 13.5 to the latest RU, and made sure our database was patched. Now, it’s time for the big task, upgrading to OEM 24ai! Before we upgrade, we need to make sure that Continue reading Part 2; Upgrading OEM to 24ai→ The post Part 2; Upgrading OEM to […]
Mounting an iSCSI LUN in Oracle Linux January 4, 2025
So we created a Target, and setup the LUN on the QNAP. Now we need to setup an Oracle Linux system to use the new LUN. First , lett’s install the iscsi initiator utilities. sudo dnf -y install iscsi-initiator-utils Next Continue reading Mounting an iSCSI LUN in Oracle Linux→ The post Mounting an iSCSI LUN […]
Creating a new LUN in QNAP January 3, 2025
In the previous post (https://talesfromthedatacenter.com/2025/01/creating-an-iscsi-target-on-a-qnap-array/) , I created a new iSCSI target that will be used for this post. Next up, we need to create a LUN. A “LUN” stands for “Logical Unit Number” and is a unique identifier used to Continue reading Creating a new LUN in QNAP→ The post Creating a new LUN in […]