Fix the Xbox by upgrading the HDD to SSD
My Xbox One S game console is over five years. Since last winter, I sometimes get stuck when I play the game. The Xbox One S replaced the Xbox 360 which was 6 years old. So I am thinking about...
Full Error Scan on the 1TB Toshiba hard drive
Today, I leave the error scan running on my computer. The hard drive, 1TB Toshiba 2.5″, took from Xbox One S. It took over seven hours to finish. The report as below. HD Tune Pro: ExternalUSB3.0 Error Scan Scanned data...
Toshiba External Hard Drive
In Jan. 2020, I bought a Toshiba External Hard Drive, 2TB as the external storage for Xbox One S. Because the games are bigger and bigger. I feel the internal 1TB storage will be full soon. You can still buy...
One more test on HDD
I did some tests of the HDD I took down from Xbox One S yesterday. Later, I get the software, HD Tune Pro 5.75 to do the surface check of it. The S.M.A.R.T Health information is as below. The C5...
Check the HDD health
I took down the HDD from my Xbox One S console today. it is a Toshiba HDD. Toshiba Disk Drive MQ01ABD100 Drive REV AGM AB01/AX102V DC +5V 1.0A Date: 10 May 2016 5400RPM Buffer Size: 8MB MTTF: 600000h Interface: SATA...
Recent trial of VPS
Recently, I did some trial use on the following VPS. Hetzner Google Cloud Contabo Vultr Oracle Cloud Oracle Cloud https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vQLu9_T0iljC3jhWmRIgOFA7rdiLM3s-FcKl-EMXgL_7Fh6htcqZRqcClwFBsBKmBQThYmhmU6zshjP/pubhtml?gid=0&single=true
Review a VPS at Hetzner
I am going to make a review for a 2GB VPS on Hetzner. Last week, I tried to sign up on Hetzner. But it declined my request with the reason of security. Today, I tried it again and upload my...
Benchmark test of Google Cloud VM
It is a VM on Google Cloud. The basic information is as below: Machine type e2-standard-2 CPU platform Intel Broadwell Architecture x86/64 2vCPU, 8GB Memory US-West1 (Oregon) US-West1-C Zone 25GB SSD Persistent disk Ubuntu 22.04lts. One more test by Sysbench...
How to choose a VM for iRedMail Email server
In the past week, I have been looking for a new solution for my Email services. I tried a lot of VMs from different providers, such as Google, Oracle, Vultr, etc. OK, let me tell the story one by one....
Add SPF and DMARC record to DNS
I FOUND THIS POST when I go through the Draft post in the backend of my blog. It was drafted last year when I moved some emails to the IONOS Email system. It is still helpful for the “Email Basic”...
Upgrade the firmware of TP-Link devices
I have a few TP-Link devices running in my home. One is the network switch, TL-SG3210XHP M2, and a pair of AP, Deco 6 X90. Today when I turn on my PC, there is no Internet connection. So I restarted...
New Place
It is so exciting that my blog is moving to the new VPS located in Germany. I believe the audience from Europe will see the speed of performance when browsing my blog. Guess which one I chose. When you see...
Another test – Vultr Intel High Frequency VPS
I did the performance test a year ago when I ordered this VPS. Vultr Intel High Frequency VPS Now I did a test again. Find the GeekBench 6 test result at https://browser.geekbench.com/v6/cpu/1484305
VPS performance benchmark – Contabo VPS
It is a brand-new VPS, created on Contabo yesterday. It is a cloud VPS S, with 4vCPU cores, 8GB memory, and 200GB SSD storage, including 32TB transfer. The monthly cost of this VPS is $6. I changed the TCP Congestion...
Super strong 2×4 Shelves | DIY Storage
During the past five days, I am working on my storage room. The room in the basement. Actually, it is not the real basement. My house is on a slope. One side of the so-call basement is totally underground level,...