K8
Kubernetes is notoriously easy to install but significantly harder to "wire" correctly—especially when you factor in High Availability (HA) networking, certificate management, and a production-grade backup strategy from day one. This week, I stood up a new Kubernetes platform built on Rocky Linux using RKE2 and Rancher,
In highly regulated sectors, "good enough" backups are no longer an option. Compliance and cyber-resiliency now demand architectures that are both tamper-proof and reliably recoverable. My recent paper, "Designing and Operating Immutable Backup Architectures in Highly Regulated Enterprise Environments," deep-dives into building these defenses using Veeam
Backup systems are the last line of defense when ransomware, insider misuse, or natural disasters strike. Historically, these environments operated under the assumption that internal users were trustworthy—a model that is now obsolete. In my latest whitepaper, "Zero Trust Architecture for Enterprise Backup Infrastructure," I outline a
Over the past few weeks, I’ve been building out a Kubernetes platform on Rocky Linux using Rancher to evaluate modern backup and recovery approaches. A primary goal was to validate Veeam Kasten in a live environment. After deploying Kasten and integrating it with object storage, I implemented policy-driven protection
Veeam
I recently shipped v3.1.0 of Veeam_Designer, and I wanted to share how this project has evolved. What started as a personal tool to avoid juggling messy spreadsheets and vendor calculators has grown into a comprehensive platform for sizing and architecting Veeam environments. The philosophy behind the tool
K8
Most Kubernetes clusters aren't as "DR-ready" as their teams think. We often mistake having a backup tool for having a recovery strategy. But here is the hard truth: You can't design a disaster recovery plan properly if you don't understand your current
Hyper-V
When I started developing the Hyper-V Cluster Management module, it was a basic scaffold in PowerShell v7. Fast forward through 13 development rounds, and it has evolved into a comprehensive platform designed to handle the full cluster lifecycle for Hyper-V 2022 and 2025. In the world of virtualization, the "
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