Real World Disasters

Disaster recovery in IT is always one of those last minute things that never really gets enough attention. That is until it is to late and you are in the middle of a disaster. So why is this the case? Why do we constantly ignore the very real threat that...

Finding CryptoLocker

Had a lot of issues with a virus called CryptoLocker. A scary piece of work. Usually it is only discovered because staff start to find that files are full or rubbish which is because the virus has encrypted the files. The virus remains silent until its job of...

Preparing the software and hardware

Now that we have what we want all designed and ready to install we can start the installation of the back end software. Most of the front ends will just work once the server is setup correctly. Software download First things first is to get the software you need...

The software behind the media network

Now that we have the hardware all sorted out it is time to review the software for the media network. There isn’t much to this one so it should be over pretty quickly. You will need software for the back end and the front ends. This one I am going to do in...

The hardware behind the Home Media Network

So we have the plan for the home media network, now we need to get stuck into how we are going to set it up and what we are going to use. One thing that I think is important in these types of setups is to be able to get the most amount of value from your hardware. It...