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Cloud Repatriation: Why Companies Move Back On-Prem
Cloud repatriation as a 2024–2026 trend — drivers are unexpectedly high egress costs, compliance and data sovereignty, predictable performance and hybrid models. When the move back is worth it, when not. TrueNAS and Proxmox as typical on-prem building blocks. Without invented statistical percentages.
WireGuard Site-to-Site VPN in 30 Minutes
Concrete tutorial — connect two sites (head office and branch) via WireGuard on OPNsense. Generate key pairs, configure peers, set allowed IPs correctly, persistent keepalive for NAT traversal, firewall and routing rules. Production-ready in 30 minutes.
TrueNAS for Architecture Offices: Plans, Renderings, Versioning
Practical setup for architecture offices with 10–15 staff: TrueNAS H20 as central file server for DWG/IFC/Revit, snapshots as plan versions before milestones, SMB ACLs per project, replication office-site, HOAI/BauO retention obligations. ZFS snapshots complement DMS, they do not replace it.
OPNsense Multi-WAN: Failover Done Right for SMB
Configure two WAN connections in OPNsense — fibre and LTE backup — as a failover for the mid-market. Gateway groups, Tier 1/2, health checks via monitor IP, sticky connections for VoIP, outbound NAT per WAN. Why true failover beats load balancing for most SMBs.
Mid-Year IT Check 2026: What Is Still Coming
Halfway through 2026 — what is realistically on the IT agenda in H2. EOL dates, NIS2 and CER deadlines, TrueNAS 26 GA, Proxmox roadmap, summer patch waves, GDPR state-of-the-art review, IT budget 2027. Take-away checklist.
IT During Vacation Season: On-Call With a Small Team
Summer-holiday reality in the mid-market — *the* IT person and half the workforce on leave. Emergency playbook, deputy briefing, alert routing, backup verification, patch-freeze question and on-call models. An honest practical guide for summer 2026.
TrueNAS 26 Beta 2: What Has Changed Since Beta 1
TrueNAS 26 'Halfmoon' Beta 2 dropped on 17 June 2026 — about ten weeks after Beta 1. What has been added in bugfixes, V-Series optimisation, OpenZFS 2.4 stabilisation, WebShare maturity and ransomware detection — and why it still does not belong in production.
Docker Compose vs. Podman Quadlets: SMB Perspective 2026
Docker Compose or Podman Quadlets? Comparing ecosystem, rootless operation, systemd integration and journald logging — with a migration guide for SMBs.
OPNsense VLAN Routing: 6 Best Practices for SMB Networks
Plan OPNsense VLAN routing right: management isolation, per-VLAN DHCP, default-deny, MAC tracking, Unbound views and IoT segmentation explained.
Handling ZFS Encryption Keys Right in TrueNAS Replication
TrueNAS replication of encrypted ZFS datasets: raw send, key management at the remote site and real-world recovery walk-through.
Windows Server 2016 End-of-Life: Migration Options for SMBs
Windows Server 2016 support ends January 2027. Migrate to Server 2025, Linux with Samba AD or Azure ESU -- options and costs compared for SMBs.
Proxmox Live Migration Between Clusters: Moving VMs Without Downtime
Cross-cluster live migration with Proxmox VE 8: how to use qm remote-migrate, prepare API tokens and certificates, and move VMs without any downtime.
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