If you have been following my previous posts you'll know I've recently built a home lab environment with an Intel NUC running ESXi. I briefly mentioned in one of those posts that I have a few physical systems that I've been looking to virtualise since I now have a bunch of storage and compute available.... Continue Reading →
Now that the hardware part of the build is complete you would think at this point the next logical step is to start deploying some workloads. However having worked in the disaster recovery industry for many years, my subconscious defaults straight to backups. I think it is engrained into me by this point. You might... Continue Reading →
It's been a few weeks since I finished deploying the NUC and with Christmas right around the corner, setting up the NAS had to be pushed out a bit. Now Christmas is over, we're entered that period where things quieten down as everyone recovers from eating and drinking too much! A perfect time to get... Continue Reading →
NUCs are great little things. All the features of a modern day server (albeit less room for expansion) within a 5 x 5" footprint. Because it's so small, I don't have to find a dedicated place in the house (likely the garage!) to house this unit and what's more, it only uses around 50-70W of... Continue Reading →
Over the past 10+ years, I've been running a custom built PC at home which I must say has served me well. Although it still runs, it's old hardware and getting ready for retirement. For a while now I've been wanting to built my own home lab partly to consolidate and virtualise my hardware but... Continue Reading →
Some Background Since Veeam Backup & Replication version 10 we have been able to make use of Fast Clone, a technology which allows the referencing of existing data blocks on volumes instead of copying data blocks between files. Synthetic backups for example benefit massively from fast clone resulting in space savings on the backup repository... Continue Reading →
During the pandemic, lockdown took away the one thing that gave me the ability to function in a morning - coffee! For what seemed the longest time, cafes were closed and it was practically impossible to get a takeaway coffee anywhere. No longer could I be without a flat white so I decided to buy... Continue Reading →
If you make use of the Self-Service Portal in Veeam Enterprise Manager you will probably know that storage quotas are enforced for each vCD organization added into the Self-Service section. I think quotas are a good idea as they help manage and control the storage consumption in the backend, which is even more crucial at... Continue Reading →
A few weeks back I received some exciting news - I had been given the opportunity to attend this years VeeamOn conference in Las Vegas as a VIP guest! Over the years I’ve heard great things about VeeamOn and although I was able to attend the past 2 events virtually due to the global pandemic,... Continue Reading →
