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Key takeaway: RAID 5 provides good read performance and it can tolerate one disk failure in a minimum 3-disk array. RAID 10 provides fast read and write performance and it can potentially tolerate up to 2 drive failures in a minimum 4-disk array. RAID 5 and RAID 10 are two different redundant array of independent…

Power Automate is a workflow service that allows you to automate many different actions across common apps and services. You can use it to automate just about anything you do by using what we call “flows”, which are a series of instructions you tell Power Automate to do for you. In this article, we’ll show you…

Advanced password attacks, like brute force and those launched by malicious insiders, are devastating the security of today’s enterprises and cloud services. ADSelfService Plus from ManageEngine can protect web properties from such attacks with multi-factor authentication (MFA). Multi-factor authentication is the best way to protect Active Directory and cloud-based user accounts As the impacts of…

In this article, you will learn how to edit the Windows 11 hosts file.  The Windows 11 hosts file is an essential tool that allows you to override DNS settings. There are several easy ways that you can edit the file, and in this article, I will take you through each method step-by-step. In the…

Hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) is a software-defined infrastructure that virtualizes and packages all the components of a conventional data center including network, storage, and computing resources. Hyperconverged infrastructure platforms allow businesses to virtualize servers, storage, and underlying networks and implement a software-driven control of their IT environment. In this article, we’ll look at the top 5…

Autodesk Drive is a cloud storage platform that allows individuals and small teams to collaborate on design data in the cloud. In this article, we’ll detail how Autodesk Drive works and how to get started with the popular storage and collaboration tool. Autodesk Drive is available on the web, but there’s also an Autodesk Desktop…

Microsoft PowerToys is a free download for Windows that adds features for power users that are not included in Windows 10 or Windows 11 by default. In this article, I’ll show you my favorite PowerToys tools and why once you start using them, you won’t be able to live without them. What is Microsoft PowerToys?…

When working in a Microsoft 365 environment, IT pros can use Conditional Access policies to control access to their tenant. In this article, we’ll detail how to create Conditional Access policies using PowerShell instead of the graphical user interface, and why using PowerShell to do that can help you save some time Conditional Access policies…

I’ve been using Bitwarden for the last couple of years and in this overview, I’ll look at why you might consider Bitwarden as an alternative to proprietary solutions like LastPass and 1Password. And I’ll give an outline of the pricing, architecture, and features for business and personal use. What is Bitwarden? Bitwarden is an open-source…

It’s been more than a month since Azure Stack HCI version 22H2 became generally available. With this latest update for Microsoft’s hyper-converged infrastructure cluster solution, there are some significant changes in storage network capacity and network equipment requirements. In this article, I would like to give you a quick overview of the changes IT pros…