Ootbi

Object First and Ootbi: The One Year Review

Delivering on the Promise We have all seen the marketing claims about "backup storage made simple." In this industry, the real test isn't how

By Eric Black · 4 Mar 2026 Veeam

The Veeam v13 VSA Migration: Why I Finally Stopped Babying My Backup Server's OS

When you spend nearly three decades building and rescuing IT infrastructure, you learn that complexity is the enemy of recovery. The backup server is the absolute last line

By Eric Black · 3 Mar 2026 K8

Beyond the Install: Architecting a Hardened RKE2 + Rancher Platform on Rocky Linux

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-

By Eric Black · 2 Mar 2026