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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

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

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

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

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 are

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 open source

OpenStack End-to-End Setup -- Kolla-Ansible, OVN Networking, Ceph Storage, and Multi-Tenancy

OpenStack Kolla-Ansible Nova Neutron Cinder Keystone OVN Ceph Standalone Infrastructure | Component: OpenStack 2024.2 (Dalmatian) via Kolla-Ansible | Audience: Private Cloud Architects, Senior Infrastructure Engineers OpenStack is the largest

Veeam v13: Scale Out Backup Repository Design -- Performance Tier, Capacity Tier, and Extent Management

Veeam v13 SOBR Scale-Out Repository Capacity Tier Archive Tier SOSAPI PowerShell Veeam v13 Series | Component: VBR v13 | Audience: Enterprise Architects, Hands-on Sysadmins The Scale Out Backup Repository is

Veeam v13: Backup Copy Jobs Deep Dive -- Modes, GFS Retention, Seeding, and SOBR Targets

Veeam v13 Backup Copy Jobs GFS Retention Seeded Copy SOBR PowerShell 3-2-1 Veeam v13 Series | Component: VBR v13 | Audience: Hands-on Sysadmins, Enterprise Architects Backup copy jobs are the

VMware Cloud Foundation 9: End-to-End Setup -- VCF Installer, VCF Operations, Workload Domains, and Day 2

VCF 9 VMware Cloud Foundation VCF Operations NSX vSAN SDDC Manager vLCM Workload Domains Standalone Infrastructure | Component: VMware Cloud Foundation 9.0 | Audience: Enterprise Architects, Cloud Infrastructure Admins