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Why we're migrating (many of) our servers from Linux to FreeBSD - Featured image

Why we're migrating (many of) our servers from Linux to FreeBSD

FreeBSD

24/01/2022 06:55:00 by Stefano Marinelli

freebsd, linux, filesystems, hosting, jail, lxc, server, snapshots, zfs, btrfs, container, alpine, ownyourdata, series

freebsd, linux, filesystems, hosting, jail, lxc, server, snapshots, zfs, btrfs, container, alpine, ownyourdata, series

Efficient backup of lxc containers in Proxmox - ZFS - Featured image

Efficient backup of lxc containers in Proxmox - ZFS

20/01/2022 07:05:00 by Stefano Marinelli

proxmox, borg, container, linux, snapshots, backup, tutorial, lxc, zfs

proxmox, borg, container, linux, snapshots, backup, tutorial, lxc, zfs

FreeBSD - assign OVH failover IPs to FreeBSD Jails - Featured image

FreeBSD - assign OVH failover IPs to FreeBSD Jails

FreeBSD

14/01/2022 13:11:54 by Stefano Marinelli

freebsd, server, security, tutorial, jail, container, networking, hosting, ovh

freebsd, server, security, tutorial, jail, container, networking, hosting, ovh

FreeBSD, Raspberry PI - problems booting with USB powered hub connected - Featured image

FreeBSD, Raspberry PI - problems booting with USB powered hub connected

FreeBSD

04/12/2021 10:30:00 by Stefano Marinelli

alpine, hardware, server, backup, data, freebsd, raspberrypi

alpine, hardware, server, backup, data, freebsd, raspberrypi

FreeBSD on Raspberry PI - enable and use Watchdog - Featured image

FreeBSD on Raspberry PI - enable and use Watchdog

FreeBSD

29/11/2021 12:01:24 by Stefano Marinelli

freebsd, server, ha, hardware, raspberrypi

freebsd, server, ha, hardware, raspberrypi

Alpine Linux and LXD perfect setup on BTRFS file system - Featured image

Alpine Linux and LXD perfect setup on BTRFS file system

03/11/2021 10:54:10 by Stefano Marinelli

alpine, btrfs, container, server, tutorial, linux, filesystems, hosting, lxc

alpine, btrfs, container, server, tutorial, linux, filesystems, hosting, lxc

Efficient backup of lxc containers in Proxmox - Featured image

Efficient backup of lxc containers in Proxmox

06/10/2020 08:22:44 by Stefano Marinelli

proxmox, data, linux, restore, container, snapshots, borg, server, backup, lxc

proxmox, data, linux, restore, container, snapshots, borg, server, backup, lxc

Proxmox Backup Server - hints for a perfect deployment - Featured image

Proxmox Backup Server - hints for a perfect deployment

23/08/2020 18:16:57 by Stefano Marinelli

proxmox, backup, security, server, recovery, linux, snapshots, restore

proxmox, backup, security, server, recovery, linux, snapshots, restore

Take automatic snapshots of cephfs file systems - Featured image

Take automatic snapshots of cephfs file systems

29/06/2020 05:00:53 by Stefano Marinelli

cephfs, backup, filesystems, proxmox, data, linux, server, snapshots

cephfs, backup, filesystems, proxmox, data, linux, server, snapshots

BTRFS: performing automatic snapshots and remote backups - Featured image

BTRFS: performing automatic snapshots and remote backups

28/06/2020 12:00:00 by Stefano Marinelli

backup, btrfs, filesystems, linux, server

backup, btrfs, filesystems, linux, server

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