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MacOS Backup Strategy

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I simplified our backup strategy for our MacBooks. Here’s where I landed: 7 Backup Principles The most comprehensive yet essential list I’ve come across is the seven characteristics of a backup plan created by Ross Williams: I’m using two backup solutions: Time Machine Backup to TrueNAS (local) The MacBooks primarily backup to Apple Time Machine … Read more

$5 DigitalOcean, Vultr & Lightsail Benchmarks

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Amazon Lightsail has entered the VPS market, competing directly with DigitalOcean and Vultr.  I for one welcome more competition in the $5 cloud server space.  I wanted to see how they perform so I spun up 24 cloud servers, 8 for each provider and ran some benchmarks. $5 Cloud Server Providers Compared DigitalOcean, Vultr, and Amazon … Read more