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Here is a simple snippet for timing file system performance. I wrote this as part of a script to detect an infrequent but recurrent error mode on a NAS that causes performance degradation. I run the script hourly from a Linux host with a CIFS…

There is a widely held belief that all Enterprise Architecture (EA) applications are expensive, bureaucratic and complex. Whilst many capable applications of such scale do exist, there is no requirement for this to be the case; indeed the TOGAF standard encourages practitioners to select tooling…

According to some industry commentators, Broadcom's changes to VMware licensing may drive adoption of alternative hypervisors such as Proxmox. By extension, Proxmox might also be considered as an alternative to other paid-for hypervisors, like Hyper-V. However, whilst tooling and knowledge exists regarding the migration of…

I'm currently experimenting with a refurbished small form factor Dell OptiPlex 5050 as a Hyper-V server in my Homelab. This model of computer is widely and cheaply available and supports 64GB of RAM, making it a cheap and accessible virtualisation host. However, by default Windows…

Although no official guidance or repositories are provided, it is easy to install PowerShell on ARM Mediatek and Snapdragon Chromebooks. Assuming you have the Linux container installed (via Developer Options in Settings) then the ARM build of PowerShell can be installed following a similar method…