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The End of the Windows Proxy? Performance Scaling on Linux

Veeam v13 - Proxy Architecture and Security For most of Veeam's history, a Windows server was the default choice for a backup proxy - familiar, well-documented, easy

The AI Home Lab: Virtualizing and Protecting Heavy GPU Workloads

vmware vsphere - gpu passthrough - amd rocm - local ai - veeam backup What this covers How to architect a virtualized home server that runs AMD MI50 GPUs for local LLM

MFA and 4-Eyes Authorization for the Solo Admin

Veeam Security - Access Control Four-Eyes Authorization exists to prevent a single compromised account from deleting your backups. Most teams skip it because it sounds like an enterprise

The VSA "Stress Test": Breaking the Pre-Hardened Appliance

Veeam v13 - Security Architecture Deep Dive The Veeam Software Appliance ships pre-hardened. Most people take that at face value and move on. This article does not. We

The DR Provider Conversation Nobody Has Until It Is Too Late

recovery point - disaster recovery - onshore support - draas I spend a lot of time on this blog writing about tools and architecture. Today I want to write about something

Your RTO is Fiction Until You Test It

Disaster Recovery - Testing and Validation Every DR plan has an RTO. Most of them were written in a spreadsheet, approved in a meeting, and never tested against reality.

The "Free" Tooling Trap in Kubernetes Backup

Kubernetes - Backup and DR Strategy The "Free" Tooling Trap in Kubernetes Backup Backing up Kubernetes is easy. Velero is free, well-documented, and handles the common

VSA vs. DIY: The Case for the Hardened Software Appliance

Veeam v13 - Security Architecture VSA vs. DIY: The Case for the Hardened Software Appliance Veeam's Hardened Linux Repository has been the gold standard for immutable backup

The Universal Hypervisor API: Life After VMware

Veeam v13 Platform Roadmap - Hypervisor Strategy The Universal Hypervisor Integration API: Veeam's Bet on Hypervisor Agnosticism Veeam announced the Universal Hypervisor Integration API alongside the v13

Setting Up Veeam Kasten on OpenShift -- Operator, Helm, NFS Location Profiles, and DR Export

Veeam Kasten OpenShift 4.18 Operator Helm NFS FileStore CSI Snapshots k10tools DR Export Veeam Kasten Series | Component: Veeam Kasten 8.x on OpenShift 4.16 through 4.

Hypervisor and Private Cloud Platform Comparison -- Which One Fits Your Environment

VMware Proxmox Nutanix Hyper-V Harvester OpenStack oVirt HyperCore Comparison Reference Guide | All Platforms | Audience: Infrastructure Architects, Platform Engineers, IT Decision Makers Ten hypervisor and private cloud platforms

Harvester HCI End-to-End Setup -- KubeVirt, Longhorn, Rancher Integration, and DR

Harvester HCI KubeVirt Longhorn RKE2 Rancher SUSE Cloud-Native Standalone Infrastructure | Component: Harvester HCI 1.3+ | Audience: Cloud-Native Infrastructure Engineers, Platform Architects Harvester is SUSE's