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I’ve been using Raspberry Pis since 2012, running both Linux and FreeBSD. A couple of Raspberry Pi 4 devices are running local services and are...

Watchdog devices are important to be sure our servers are working. Unfortunately, watchdog daemon seem to crash if enabled on Rasbperry PI. The...

Last update: 01 November 2022 - Alpine 3.16 has lxd packages in contrib Lxc is a great technology. I’ve been using it since 2012 and I’ve always...

Sometimes an lxc container can be a better alternative than a KVM virtual machine. It has a smaller overhead, easier and more efficient resource...

Proxmox Backup Server (PBS) has been released. It's still in beta but is already perfectly usable. After many years, it's now possible to perform...

Cephfs is a great tool. It enables users to store and share files while taking advantage of the granularity and performance of Ceph . One of the...

I'm using BTRFS with satisfaction (I mentioned it in 2014 and, more recently, in the IT-Notes blog ). I don't consider it optimal for all types of...

Sometimes containers log a lot of things, and the logfile can become huge. This happens because containers aren't supposed to run for a long time but...

I've been using BTRFS for years and have encountered few problems. Some of them are small and can be avoided with some smart improvements. The...

Sometimes, servers can become unresponsive, both physical and virtual, and you may be unable to connect to them, particularly when they are...