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JBOD vs RAID: Storage Layouts for Small Office Servers

JBOD against RAID 0, 1, 5, 6 and 10 and Windows Storage Spaces for a small office server: what each layout survives, what it costs and why none replaces a backup.

Dmytro Koval · Oct 6, 2026

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What Is SMB? The Windows File-Sharing Protocol, SMB1 and NFS Compared

What SMB means in networking: how a connection works, dialects from SMB1 to 3.1.1, why SMB1 has to go, the Windows 11 24H2 signing defaults, SMB over QUIC, SMB vs NFS and a ten-step hardening checklist.

Kristina Shkriabina · Oct 6, 2026

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What Is a Secure Web Gateway (SWG)?

What a secure web gateway (SWG) does, how it differs from a DNS filter, proxy and firewall, what TLS inspection breaks, where SSE and SASE fit, and when a small IT team needs one.

Kristina Shkriabina · Oct 6, 2026

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What Are SOPs? Writing Standard Operating Procedures for IT

What SOPs are, how they differ from policies, runbooks and checklists, which IT tasks to document first, an eleven-part template, a worked onboarding example and how to keep SOPs current.

Kristina Shkriabina · Oct 6, 2026

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What Are SOPs? Writing Standard Operating Procedures for IT