French Creek Technology

07/03/2024

Well it’s finally the end of the month, and my AWS Lightsail instance hosting 8 wordpress sites in a WordPress Multisite (Network) deployment remained as cost projected with $0 creep. The performance with cache is phenominal, the WordPress extension flexibility compared to other solutions has been limitless. And the Synology Active Backup to my on-prem Backup Device has been perfect, and being incremental, easy on bandwidth consumption. Significant peace of mind! I can add on CloudFront site protection for a little more, and that would be light years ahead of any past hosting providers, and I may in time.

It took some setup, but I am ecstatic with the savings, and more importantly the resilience and performance. Highly recommend. Once I figure out how I can survive without an IPv4 address, that will save me an additional $5/mo!!

06/04/2024

I'm a little jazzed about this project. I know this is tech talk, but hey, this is my tech business!!

I've been using GoDaddy Hosting for years for my WordPress hosting; but the costs have continued to climb; and the flexibility has been less that desired as the advancements with WordPress have increased.

I've effectively reduced my monthly spend to below $15, while increasing my flexibility with a containerized instance I have full control over in AWS LightSail; with a pre-packaged Wordpress Network Install distributed by BitNami, hosting 8 sites successfully within a single Wordpress install with plugin and theme flexibility.

Now, this isn't a fantastic platform for re-selling hosting; but for hosting client websites; they can at least manage their own content in; it works great, and with AWS Content Cache; the compute overhead has lowered, and the response times have increased exponentially; across the globe. I know this with one of my clients in East Asia.

When I initially discussed with AWS, the solution was much more expensive, with probably a much more robust and insulated build, but for my use case, this is solid.

Then to put the icing on the cake, I was able to leverage my existing backup solution for my Office365 tenants, my Synology DSM, to create an RSync backup solution to retain versioned backups for several days.

04/06/2024

Ok…. In case this is you…. OM1-Multi-Mode FDDI fiber is still useful. I am surprised how many installations I encounter are still running 100MB transcievers with their 90’s installed fiber.

Since the adoption in the 90’s we’ve added Wireless, Surveillance, telephony, access controls, facility controls, and a number of IoT and process automations.

Most cables had multiple pairs, but were never used. At the very least today, that 100MB can fairly easily be upgraded to 2GB!

For this customer, it’s going to empower their facility to have more eyes and ears, as well as increase their functional velocity, and optomistically, could be transformative with their footprint in our city!

03/24/2024

If your not reducing your configuration surface, like stackable switches, with a single pane of configuration for all of them, your hindering your business agility.

Simplification in network management:
• reduces your IT labor costs
• increases your system flexibility
• extends your network diversity
• reduces your future project time to market

Full stack port density and configurability with muti-gig 802.3bz, POE / 802.11af, and VLAN 802.11q assures you have what you need to grow your technology adoption with agility!

It’s not an easy simple business decision. Quite honestly the options are more extensive than the infotainment in your car. That’s why you have trusted professionals. In the long game, it is not as expensive as it will become if you try to piece it together later!

As a bonus, having custom cables made for your stacking connections, cleans up your rack, and assures reliability in the stack.

09/22/2023

Check out my dude, Dan Kern, and his next! It’s sure to be as good as ever!

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Everyday Spanish from chefs Dan Kern & Adam Williams in the heart of the West Erie Plaza

03/25/2023

These are fun! Long time in the making!!

10/26/2022

Happy I could get this laptop going for this customer. It would not boot. Presented ROG logo then spinning circle loading windows, to then a black screen. Otherwise, bricked. System Restore had no restore points, System Reset did not work. Seemed like the SSD may have fried, presumed the display was fine.

Guessing a previous system reset failed, or a feature update failed. Clean ReInstall Windows 11, BIOS update, drivers, back in action!!

Always do a thorough cleaning inside and out before returning to customer.

03/28/2022

Recreated this website in WordPress for Jerry Rauenzahn. The site has been hosted by us for over a decade.

01/14/2022

I’ve been running Sophos-UTM home free edition for years to protect my home network. Recently I upgraded to Sophos-XG home free-edition. So far I’m pretty happy with it. Not sure it has the granular device control yet that I dream of, but it appears with some time I can build policies to control device access schedules. Mind you I need a system that supports DNS routing, Site VPN, port translation, host-header rewrite, and prefer application layer threat protection. But even aside from all this Greek, it’s a very informative system above off the shelf appliances, for nearly no cost.



https://www.sophos.com/en-us/products/free-tools/sophos-xg-firewall-home-edition.aspx

12/23/2021

Used Server for Sale! Great for aspiring talent to build and challenge their skills with.