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53 articles tagged Backup, newest first.
Proxmox Backup Strategy: A Practical 2026 Plan
A practical Proxmox backup plan for 2026 uses PBS 4.2, offsite copies, verification, restore tests, and a recovery target you can measure.
NetBackup Backup Failures: Is 100% Success Realistic?
A NetBackup environment does not need a perfect daily success percentage to be well protected.
NetBackup MongoDB Errors 6601, 6625, 6654
NetBackup MongoDB errors 6601, 6625, and 6654 should not be treated as one generic database failure.
SharePoint CVE-2026-45659 Is Now a Ransomware Risk
CVE-2026-45659 has crossed the line from a SharePoint patching problem into a ransomware problem.
Slow Proxmox Restores: 8 Bottlenecks to Check
A slow Proxmox restore is usually a pipeline problem, not a single Proxmox setting.
US and South Korean Agencies Warn of Gunra Ransomware Attacks
US and South Korean security agencies have issued a joint warning about Gunra ransomware, an operation that first appeared in 2025 and expanded into a r...
CISA Says SharePoint CVE-2026-45659 Is Now Used in Ransomware Attacks
CISA has flagged Microsoft SharePoint vulnerability CVE-2026-45659 as being used in ransomware attacks, according to [BleepingComputer reporting](https:...
DeadLock Ransomware Uses Decentralized Recovery Infrastructure: What Backup Teams Should Learn
Microsoft's August 10, 2026 analysis of DeadLock describes an emerging financially motivated ransomware operation built around a Rust encryptor and dece...
Veeam Support: When Six Months Is Too Long
A six month backup support case is too long when the unresolved problem keeps breaking normal protection workflows.
Veeam Bloatware? Why Admins Say It Feels Harder
Veeam has not suddenly stopped being a capable backup product, but several administrator discussions show a growing complexity problem around it.
Veeam Security: 9.9 CVEs and Exposed Backup Servers
Veeam security problems in 2026 make one point very clear: patching the backup server is necessary, but patching alone does not define whether the backu...
Veeam Immutable Backups: How Much Should You Trust Them?
Veeam immutable backups deserve substantial trust as one layer of ransomware recovery, but they should not be treated as an invincible final copy.
Pi hole vs AdGuard Home on Proxmox: Which DNS Blocker Is Better?
Pi hole and AdGuard Home can block advertising, tracking and unwanted domains across an entire network.
Plex vs Jellyfin on Proxmox: Which Media Server Is Better?
Plex and Jellyfin can turn a Proxmox server into a centralized platform for streaming movies, television programs, music and other personal media.
Should You Run OPNsense on Proxmox in Production?
Running OPNsense as a virtual machine on Proxmox can be a reliable production design.
OPNsense vs pfSense on Proxmox: Which Virtual Firewall Is Better?
Running a firewall as a Proxmox virtual machine can reduce hardware requirements and make network services easier to back up, migrate and restore.
Should You Run Portainer in LXC or a VM on Proxmox?
Portainer provides a graphical interface for managing Docker containers, images, volumes, networks and application stacks.
Proxmox Kernel 6.14 Just Got Cut Loose, and Homelab Admins Are Feeling the Floor Move
Kernel news usually lands like dry toast: necessary, technical, and easy to ignore until something breaks.
The Homelab Debate Got Ugly Because IncusOS Hit a Nerve
A quiet homelab experiment turned into a surprisingly emotional fight about trust, polish, and what people actually want from their virtualization stack.
GlusterFS Was Supposed to Be Dead. Then Someone Dragged It Back Into Proxmox.
There’s a certain kind of removal that feels less like cleanup and more like a door being slammed on a whole class of users.
The Proxmox Installer Didn’t Fail. That Monster PC Probably Did.
There’s a familiar ritual when a fresh server build refuses to install an operating system: blame the USB stick.
Can Ansible Fully Automate a Proxmox Cluster?
Ansible can automate most of a Proxmox cluster’s routine lifecycle, including node preparation, cluster creation, virtual machine deployment, storage co...
Terraform vs Manual Proxmox Deployment: Which Is More Reliable?
Creating a virtual machine manually through the Proxmox interface can feel more reliable than using Terraform.
A Stack of Cheap Lenovos and a Raspberry Pi Turned Into the Perfect Homelab Rabbit Hole
A pile of Lenovo mini machines, a Raspberry Pi 5, and one very dangerous question: what should this cluster run?
Proxmox 8 to 9 Went So Smoothly It Made People Suspicious of Their Own Anxiety
Major infrastructure upgrades usually come with a little ritual dread.
Proxmox Became a Symbol in Europe’s Messy Fight to Take Tech Back
The call was simple enough: vote for Proxmox on goeuropean.org.
Proxmox Finally Has an Official Mobile App, and Half the Community Somehow Missed It
The discovery landed with the perfect kind of homelab confusion: wait, Proxmox has an official iOS app now?
Proxmox Mail Gateway 9.1 Is a Boring Release in the Best Possible Way
Proxmox Mail Gateway 9.1 didn’t spark a sprawling argument, which almost feels strange for infrastructure software.
The AI Data Center Race Just Turned Into a Power Race, and Nobody Looks Ready
A $295 billion AI data center buildout is the kind of number that makes everyone stop pretending this is just another infrastructure cycle.
The Data Center Panic Is Getting Loud, Weird, and Exhausting
The latest wave of data center panic has a very specific flavor: part privacy fear, part infrastructure confusion, part “1984” cosplay.
The Data Center Panic Is Overblown, But the Bill Is Still Coming
The phrase “data-center panic” sounds like something cooked up by people who just discovered the cloud has walls, wires, and utility bills.
Kernel 7.0 Broke the Containers, and Suddenly the “Easy Upgrade” Didn’t Feel So Easy
There’s a special kind of silence after a server reboot.
Press Update and Pray: The Proxmox 9.2 Upgrade Has Admins Excited, Nervous, and Already Checking Their Backups
Proxmox VE 9.2 is turning into one of those upgrades that sounds exciting right up until you remember what kind of machines it’s supposed to touch.
The LXC vs VM Debate Is Really About Fear, Control, and How Much Isolation Helps You Sleep at Night
The question sounded innocent: when should someone use an LXC, and when should they use a VM?
The Proxmox 8.2.7 to 9.2 Upgrade Sounds Simple Until You Remember It’s Six Servers and a Backup Box
The post was simple, but it carried the exact weight that makes infrastructure upgrades uncomfortable: can I upgrade directly from Proxmox 8.2.7 to 9.2,...
VAST Data’s AI OS Has People Asking One Brutal Question: Is This Real Infrastructure or Just AI Theater?
There’s a special kind of exhaustion that hits infrastructure people when another vendor walks in and says the words “AI-ready.” You can almost hear the...
The Weird Little Secret Behind HPE MSA and Dell PowerVault: Sometimes Your “Different” Storage Array Isn’t That Different
Enterprise storage has a funny way of making simple things look mysterious.
The $800-a-Month Tape Vault Nobody Wants to Explain Anymore
There’s a very specific kind of shame that lives inside old infrastructure line items.
The Storage Admin Isn’t Dead — But the Job Is Losing Its Old Skin Fast
For almost two decades, storage admins have been told their job was about to disappear.
VAST Buying Red Stapler Feels Like a Cloud Pivot With a Giant Question Mark Attached
There’s a moment in enterprise storage when a company stops sounding like a storage company and starts sounding like it wants to become a platform for e...
The Most Dangerous Storage Question Isn’t SSD vs Hard Drive — It’s Why You Trust One Disk at All
There’s a beautiful simplicity to the question: if you had very important files being read and written 24/7 for a long time, would you trust them more o...
The Storage Refresh That Starts as NetApp vs Pure vs Dell and Ends as a Fight Over Your Future Self
Storage decisions have a way of pretending they’re about hardware.
Deduplication Nightmares: What to Use When TAR Slows You Down
TAR archives and deduplication don't always play nice. Here's why your backup strategy might be underperforming and what alternatives exist for dedup-aware archiving.
The 200TB Tape Killer Everyone Wants to Believe In — But Storage People Have Seen This Movie Before
There’s a very specific kind of excitement that happens when someone claims they can replace tape.
Tape Storage Was Supposed to Be Dead — Then Someone Showed Up With 50PB and a Reality Check
Every few years, someone declares tape storage dead with the confidence of a person who has never had to preserve tens of petabytes inside a closed site.
Cheapest S3-Compatible Storage for Proxmox Backup in 2026 (Real Costs)
Wasabi vs Backblaze B2 vs Hetzner Storage Box for Proxmox Backup Server in 2026: real monthly costs, egress fees, and reliability tradeoffs compared.
The Great AHV Backup Meltdown: Why Veeam Just Wouldn't Register the Cluster
A chaotic journey through trying to connect Veeam to a Nutanix AHV cluster, where the proxy deploys perfectly but refuses to register—featuring port checks, certificate mysteries, and Reddit support group therapy.
USB vs SATA: The Unexpected Debate Behind Virtualized PBS Storage
When downsizing forces you to virtualize PBS, choosing between USB and SATA storage becomes more than a technical decision—it's a philosophy about reliability, convenience, and what 'good enough' really means.
From Scripts to Simplicity: AWS Backup's Native Support for Amazon EKS
AWS Backup now natively supports Amazon EKS, eliminating the need for custom scripts and third-party tools. Here's why this changes everything for Kubernetes disaster recovery.
HYCU vs. Veeam vs. Cohesity vs. Catalogic: What Small Nutanix Shops Really Use for Backup
HYCU vs Veeam vs Cohesity vs Catalogic for Nutanix backup: real operator feedback on restore speed, complexity, and total cost for smaller teams.
Velero After Acquisition: Community Risk and Contingency Plans
When Broadcom acquired Velero, the Kubernetes community didn't panic—they prepared to fork. Here's why open-source backup tools are becoming trust exercises, and what engineers are doing about it.
Running PBS on the Same Host? Here's Why Your Backups Might Crawl
High-end hardware but slow backups? Learn why running Proxmox Backup Server in a VM on the same host creates bottlenecks—and what you can do about it.
TrueNAS, Ubuntu, or Unraid: What's the Best OS for Your Offsite Backup Server?
TrueNAS vs Ubuntu vs Unraid for offsite backups: compare cost, setup complexity, ransomware resilience, and long-term maintenance for homelab storage.