Last month I wrote a quick overview of the process to install Crashplan on and ARM based QNAP NAS. Six weeks (ish) later and it's still going ok. Or, at least I thought it was… Periodically, the makers of Crashplan update their software. Nothing surprising about that except that as the ARM based QNAPs aren't an officially supported device (that I'm aware of), the automatic update doesn't work and the backup engine on my QNAP kept stopping. The upgrade itself is pretty straightforward however. On the QNAP NAS To get the software on the NAS updated, you first have…
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The downside of living in the boonies in the UK is that the broadband speeds can be a little on the rubbish side. When I moved to my current house 4 years ago, I knew I'd be giving up good internet for for something a bit lacking. I just didn't think it would take so long to get something better going. This is yesterday's speedtest: Since a nice man from BT is due to visit tomorrow to sort me out with that “something better”, I can finally take advantage of some of the cloud offerings that really haven't…
I did promise to pop back to QNAP's stand at VMworld Europe when I posted yesterday about them introducing VAAI across their range of storage appliances. True to my word, I popped in for a chat. As a reminder, VAAI (vStorage APIs for Array Integration) enables ESXi hosts to offload specific virtual machine and storage management operations to compliant storage hardware – basically talking some of the storage load from the hosts and letting the storage hardware handle it. Now whilst the functionality will be available across their range of products with release 3.8, it seems likely that they…
I purposefully wandered past the QNAP booth in the Solutions Exchange at VMworld Europe 2012 yesterday as I have one of their devices at home connected up to my lab (although as it gets older and my demands get higher I find that I'm using it less and less). I also know a few other individuals (e.g. Jeremy – co-author on this site) who have one in their home lab setup and QNAP have a good presence in the SMB market. As the title suggests, QNAP are going to deliver VAAI functionality very shortly. The really good thing though…