• Category Archives Disaster

  • Thoughts on my UPSs

    Posted on by Shane Knapp
    Home Server Rack
    Home Server Rack

       I hate cheap uninterruptible power supplies (UPS). I live in a small village in Germany where at times the power can be a bit unreliable. So to counter this I have a number of UPSs in the house from Trust and APC. I must admit that I only bought the Trust UPS because they are cheap, however you get what you pay for. Do the UPS from Trust work? Yes they do however they have some issues that I find problematic.

        I have two power strips on my server rack with each power strip attached to its own UPS. This is done to distribute the load and maximize system uptime in case of a power outage. However, as you can see in the photo I only have a switch and two Atom servers. The switch and the servers are on separate power strips additionally my desktop is on the power strip with the switch. Now with this in mind, before I had the APC UPS I had two Trust UPSs. This leads to the main issue I had with the Trust UPSs.
     Continue reading → Post ID 187

    Share

    Asterisk PBX cyber Disaster Network Uncategorized VoIP

  • IT Manager Duels

    Posted on by Shane Knapp

        IT manager duels gets a second look and a longer game play session today. After playing the tutorial last week and covering, the basics of game play along with some fundamental mechanics of the game. This week like in the movie Inception, we will be going deeper but not Deep Throat deep as that would be too much for the younger readers. So where do we start? Well maybe we should look at the strategies of winning the single player game.

    Continue reading → Post ID 187

    Share

    cyber Disaster games Network security

  • Protect your Data in the Event of a Disaster

    Posted on by Shane Knapp

                Is your company’s data safe from disaster ether man made or by nature?  It is not a question of if disaster will strike, but when will it strike.  Most businesses cannot afford nowadays to go without their data with their heavy reliance on customer databases and financial transaction systems.  So how can a company’s data, information and knowledge be protected in the event of a disaster? 

      Continue reading → Post ID 187

    Share

    cyber Disaster DRP internet 📎and tagged