Synology: Home Lab Architecture
In my home lab, I use Synology for my shared storage solution. In this post, I would like to talk about what Synology devices I use and how I have them configured. Background For the last several...
View ArticleHome Lab v3.0: Equipment
As many of you know, I recently purchased a new home. Given the opportunity, it was a good time to revisit the home lab. In this post, I would like to talk about the changes and the final result....
View ArticleHome Lab v3.0: Diagrams
Now that I talked a bit about my home lab v3.0 equipment including my custom rack solution, I would next like to cover some diagrams of the environment configuration. Read on to learn more! Background...
View ArticleLog Insight: User Alert Architecture
I have talked about Log Insight user alerts in the past, but I think it is important to re-enforce the user alert architecture as it may be a little different than you think. What I want to focus on in...
View ArticleLog Insight: Retention System Notifications
Log Insight notifies users when it is unable to maintain the defined retention period by sending a system notification. In this post, I would like to walk through what the system notifications mean in...
View ArticleLog Insight Reference Architectures Part 1/4
The topic of reference architectures keeps coming up with Log Insight so I thought I would cover it over a series of blog posts. In this post, I will start with the basic concepts. Components Log...
View ArticleLog Insight Reference Architectures Part 2/4
Now that the basic components of Log Insight are known, I would like to cover the evolution of Log Insight topologies as well as the high availability. Read on to learn more! Standalone...
View ArticleLog Insight Reference Architectures Part 3/4
Now that the evolution of topologies and high availability with Log Insight is known, I would like to cover greenfield and brownfield deployments as well as security considerations. Read on to learn...
View ArticleLog Insight Reference Architectures Part 4/4
To wrap up this series, my last post will list the top four Log Insight reference architectures. Read on to learn more! CREDIT: First off, shout out to Alan Castonguay for putting together this...
View ArticleLog Insight: Disaster Recovery
I just concluded my series on Log Insight reference architectures and I wanted to explicitly call out how to properly handle Disaster Recovery (DR) in Log Insight. Read on to learn more! If you look at...
View ArticlePlease Take Security Seriously
Some people talk about security, many people skimp on security, few do security right. Of course, security has many meanings, but in this post I will be discussing physical and online security of data....
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