Ben Thomas

I’ve built a client-side tool to help analyze Veeam environments for VDC Vault readiness. It processes Healthcheck JSON files locally to identify blockers like version compatibility, encryption requirements, and workload limitations.

Manual antivirus exclusions for Veeam infrastructure are tedious and error-prone. This PowerShell script automates the process with role-based detection, PostgreSQL awareness, and idempotent execution.

Managing Veeam Data Cloud Vault is great, but sometimes you need raw data. I built a Chrome Extension to export tenant details, subscription limits, and storage usage directly to CSV.

Time to pick hardware! After researching Dell R640/R740, AMD EPYC servers, and barebones options, an unexpected find on TradeMe changed everything—three ex-NetApp SolidFire servers for just $900 NZD each!

My Dell R730xd servers have served well, but power consumption, aging drives, and limited scalability mean it’s time for an upgrade. Part 1 covers my current setup, challenges, and the goals shaping my new homelab.

Stop manually calculating seconds since 1970! The .NET DateTimeOffset class makes Unix Epoch conversions simple with ToUnixTimeSeconds() and FromUnixTimeSeconds() methods.

Need a quick backup before patching or making changes? Veeam Quick Backup creates ad-hoc, application-aware backups of individual VMs. Here’s how to use it with PowerShell—it’s just two commands!

A complete guide to backing up Synology NAS data to C2 Object Storage using CloudSync. Covers bucket setup, sync configuration, version recovery, and accessing your data with Cyberduck.

Looking for affordable S3-compatible object storage? Synology C2 offers $6.99/TB/month with no hidden egress fees. Compare it to Wasabi and Backblaze, plus try their free 15GB tier.