Starting April 8, 2014 Microsoft will be cutting all support of windows XP meaning there will be no more security updates to keep your system running fast and safe.
Microsoft Ends Windows XP Support


Starting April 8, 2014 Microsoft will be cutting all support of windows XP meaning there will be no more security updates to keep your system running fast and safe.

Use a different public/external port to minimize attack vectors on your network. Most port scanners check for commonly used ports.

RAID 10 is the best RAID level especially for larger storage arrays. Parity-based schemas like RAID 5 and RAID 6 fail during rebuilds.

Old backups can be quite large and if you backup your entire database plus imported items daily, it's inevitable that you'll run out of space. Running a simple script can clear the old backups from the Amazing Charts backup folder.