Apple’s Time Machine is not a backup product, and doesn’t provide comprehensive protection for your data. Read this Apple Time Machine review to find out more, and find a more effective backup system for your Mac.
Cloud Backup Review – BackBlaze, CrashPlan, Mozy
Our Cloud Backup Review recommends BackBlaze as the best cloud backup provider, with CrashPlan second. Note that as of August 2017 CrashPlan no longer does home PC backups, but you can use their small business backup option. This article goes into what to consider when choosing a cloud backup provider, and compares…
Duplicati Backup 2 Review – Experimental / Pre-Beta
Duplicati Backup 2 is a versatile open source backup tool. It’s available for Microsoft Windows, MacOS, Unix, and Synology NAS. This short review is of the pre-beta experimental version, 2.0.1.53. You can also read our introduction to backups, which includes recommendations for backup products and online backup tools.
Arq Backup Review v5 – Windows & MacOS
Arq Backup 5 is tool made to back up your Windows or Mac PC locally or to various online storage services. This article is an Arq Backup Review of version 5.7.23 on a Windows 10 PC. You can also read our introduction to backups, which includes recommendations for backup products and online backup tools.
CloudBerry Backup Review – Windows, MacOS, Linux
CloudBerry Backup is a versatile backup tool for Microsoft Windows, MacOS, and Linux. Today I’m going to do a Cloudberry Backup Review of the Desktop Pro version 5.6.0.182 on Windows 10. You can also read our introduction to backups, which includes recommendations for backup products and online backup tools.
Backup Software Reviews and Best Practice
Backup Software Reviews Introduction This article is an introduction to a series on computer backups for your home or small business PC. We discuss the background of backups, backup best practices, and related articles review specific backup tools. The recommendations apply to both Windows and MacOS computers, but all testing was done…
Rotate OpenSSH Certificates on AWS Amazon Linux or Ubuntu
OpenSSH certificates are used to authenticate you against your server, so you can log in to administer your server. It’s a good idea to rotate OpenSSH certificates occasionally, in case they’ve someone been released or compromised. This isn’t something AWS can do for you, so you have to do it manually.…
Qualified as AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional Level
I’m happy to announce that this week I qualified as an AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional Level. This is significant qualification that validates that my knowledge and skills with the AWS platform meet their high professional standards. I offer independent AWS Consulting Services (prices here). Please contact us if we can help with your project.
Adding swap space to an EC2 Amazon Linux instance
I run all my websites on a tiny Amazon EC2 t2.nano instance, which has 512MB of RAM. This runs Nginx, MySQL, PHP, Monit, and other bits and pieces. The instance is easily powerful enough for most tasks, especially given I use a the CloudFlare Content Distribution Network (CDN). The instance…
ProPhoto SEO and Performance : image compression with ImageMagick
ProPhoto is a popular theme for photographers. It lets you create great looking websites relatively easily, and their support is absolutely top notch. ProPhoto 6 features responsive design, a big step forward in our opinion, as it allows more effective caching and optimisation. Hit “read more” if you want some…