Andyrew

I have a DS423+ that I'm using pretty much exclusively as a backup destination for a single enterprise application. For the backup, I am running a Docker container (which is a proprietary backup tool) directly on the Synology. From what I can tell, this tool just rsyncs files from the sever. It also maintains versioning, with a folder for each backup iteration. Each folder contains symlinks between these versions for files that haven't changed. I also have immutable snapshots enabled for this volume.

After a couple of backup iterations have taken place, I start to see massive IO waits on the system rendering it virtually unusable. I'm fairly certain this is due to the backups containing hu

I've outfitted a lot of my rooms with Echos after the Black Friday sale recently, but my living room has an AV receiver and 5.1 system. I was thinking about buying an Echo Dot to keep on mute in my AV rack with line out connected to my amp. I'd really like to add this to a music group, but I know that typically the amp will add ~500ms delay to any audio or video inputs.

Is there a way to deal with this in the Alexa app? I've found conflicting information online. From what I can see in the app myself, any delay specific options seem to relate to Bluetooth, which I'm not using.

Hi r/Ubiquiti - bit of a rant incoming and a PSA about setting up VPN users using the built in RADIUS server.

Had an email from a freelance client whose network I look after (USG, Unifi APs, Unifi switches) saying that they need VPN access urgently to access their fileservers. Not a problem I thought, I actually had everything all set up in case they ever needed it, so I logged on to the controller and added a bunch of RADIUS users for their staff.

I then tried to connect (with my own account, previously working) and it failed at the authentication stage. I scratched my head for hours - assuming a controller update or firmware update had broken things since I last used it. What made thi

This one has really got me scratching my head, any pointers for things to check would be greatly appreciated!

I manage the technical facilities for a university game dev department, and I am seeing this issue on ~400 computers. Spec is i7-8700 with an RTX 2080.

Steps to reproduce:

Start a new UE4.22.3 blueprint project, create a new material, then add a colour node and link it up to the base colour. This triggers 'compiling shaders', and it takes around ~20 seconds to see the colour updated on the material preview.

The expected result, observed on any other machine I've installed 4.22.3 on, is the colour change is immediately reflected in the material preview.

I've tried updating N

Thought I would document this as I've been running it for just over a month now and it's been very accurate and involved minimal work!

I have an Elster BK-G4 gas meter that I wanted to monitor, and luckily this meter has a small magnet on the last digit of the meter. This allows you to count the rotations of it to determine gas usage.

I'd seen lots of Arduino/esp8266 projects doing this, but I wanted something ultra-low power that would run on batteries for 1 year+, and didn't really have time for a electronics project. I ended up using a Xiaomi Aqara contact sensor for this and it fit the bill perfectly. I opened up the case and desoldered the built in reed switch, drilled a hole in the

I've recently switched from iOS to a Galaxy S10+, and whilst I absolutely love this phone, text selection is a bit of a sticking point for me. I really miss 3D touch text selection on iOS by force touching anywhere on the keyboard.

I know about swiping the space bar on Gboard, but are there any other keyboard that do this better, or any tricks I don't know about? Thanks :)

I've been playing with Milestone XProtect as a home NVR solution for my cameras, but was lacking an immediately obvious way to hook this into HA to get motion alerts for cameras. I came up with a quick solution and thought I would document in case anyone else needs to do this.

First, I created two rules for each camera in XProtect Management Client. One triggered on Motion Started (Events > Devices > Predefined Events > Motion Started), and one on Motion Stopped. The action for both of these rules is to 'Make new log entry'. Here's a screenshot.

I then use Node-Red to monitor the log file using the 'tail' node (this should be installed by defaul

This post is slightly tangental but thought you guys might be able to advise. Having recently caught the Home Assistant bug, I'd like to bring my CCTV cameras out of the cloud and into my own control, as well as integrating into HA. I currently have some Nest cameras which are now looking like a poor choice with Google shutting down the API next month.

I've been playing with a Yi home camera running yi_hack_v4 to enable RTSP streaming and MQTT sensor info which is working nicely with HA. I would like to disable the Yi cloud features and run a local DVR. Would be happy to replace my Nest cams with more of these, as they seem to offer the most bang for buck unless anyone has other suggestion

Sorry, not related to VR as the title might imply!

I wondered if anyone had any experience of developing games in a virtual environment using server technologies such as NVidia Grid, or had heard of any studios that manage their IT resources this way?

I currently manage the studio facilities for a 400-seat university game development studio, and I'm investigating the possibility of using thin clients as development machines. This would allow us to deliver more GPU power to those who need it at the time they need it. I know this approach is gaining traction in other industries (such as Film/TV post production), but I've found very little mention of its use in game dev.