A practical, step-by-step guide to deploying Windows 10 over the network using Debian Linux, Kea DHCP and the official iPXE Windows PE boot method. Installing Windows over the network is particularly useful when managing multiple…
Understanding the PERC H700 battery The Dell PowerEdge R610 is a 1 unit enterprise rack server from the late 2000s, originally introduced in 2009 as part of Dell’s 11th generation PowerEdge lineup. Designed for data…
I recently received an HP 15 db0115nb laptop from a customer with a storage problem. The HP 15 db0000 family is an entry level consumer laptop, and this particular machine is equipped with an AMD…
As part of my preparation for the CompTIA Tech+ certification exam, I completed 1,020 practice questions on Udemy. I answered approximately 1,000 of them correctly, achieving an overall score of 98%. CompTIA Tech+ is a…
After a routine kernel update and reboot, my Ubuntu system came back without any network connectivity. No Ethernet. No fallback. No warning. Just silence. What followed was not a quick fix, but deep troubleshooting. And…
I wanted a storage solution that is easily extendible. Not a small consumer NAS but a JBOD. The result is a complete storage build around a NetApp DS4246 JBOD disk shelf, a SuperMicro 815 controller…
Why I Built My Own Reverse Proxy and Why It Matters At some point every developer, tester, or engineer who deploys several web application runs into the same question. How do I expose multiple services…
Western Digital uses a clear color coding system to indicate what each hard drive is designed for. The color is not cosmetic. It reflects firmware tuning, workload profile, reliability targets, and the environment the drive…
Remote access is one of those things that quietly becomes mission critical once you work remote or manage multiple systems. I use remote desktop tools every single day, so trust, performance, and control matter more…