It’s all geek to me
Practical notes, deep dives, fixes and experiments across infrastructure, cloud, security, networking, automation and the rest of the technology rabbit hole.
$ whoami
isageek
$ cat /etc/interests
cybersecurity · microsoft & cloud · backup & resilience · ai & emerging technology · infrastructure
$ echo "It’s all geek to me"
Tiangong Ultra’s 9.39-second preliminary 100-metre run is a major result for bipedal locomotion and autonomous control. It does not show that humanoid robots can yet work safely, reliably or independently in real-world settings.
Troubleshoot a Fibre Channel SAN by proving the failed path first, then working from link state and optics through fabric login, zoning, LUN masking and host multipathing. Capture evidence before resetting anything; the failure pattern usually tells you where to look.
Azure Backup and Veeam are often compared as if they were interchangeable. They are not. Azure Backup is a Microsoft-native service with tight Azure integration and sensible protections for Microsoft-centric estates. Veeam is a broader backup platform built for mixed infrastructure, migration, and recovery control. The right choice depends less on branding and more on what you need to protect, where it lives, and how much operational flexibility you want.
Concise definitions, technical terms and reusable comparisons grounded in existing isageek articles.
If you’re choosing between HPE Alletra Storage MP and Pure Storage FlashArray, the deciding factors are less about flash performance and more about operating model: protocol fit, management approach (GreenLake vs Evergreen), upgrade behaviour and the level of control you want over the storage estate.
A regulated Azure Local deployment needs more than local workloads. This blueprint sets out how to define management, identity, network, key and evidence boundaries, then map them to repeatable controls and audit artefacts.
Immutable backup can stop protected recovery data being changed or deleted before its retention deadline. But its value depends on the enforcement mechanism, administrative overrides, retention period and whether the organisation can restore a clean copy.
Digital Jersey’s Let’s Build AI Project Lab helps teams turn defined use cases into working prototypes, with data, governance and deployment questions addressed before an AI experiment is treated as a production project.
Microsoft’s new time-based immutability for Azure SQL Database long-term retention backups makes them non-modifiable and non-erasable during the immutability period. That strengthens the trustworthiness of recovery points, but teams still need recovery discipline and tested restores—especially for Managed Instance.
Backups are essential, but they are not the same thing as recovery. A proper disaster-recovery strategy has to cover restore time, alternate systems, access control, testing, and the ugly reality of ransomware, regional outages and human error.
Choosing between VMware, Hyper-V, Proxmox, and HPE Morpheus in 2026 isn’t just a technical decision—it’s a question of long-term value versus cost, flexibility, and control. In this head-to-head comparison, we break down how each platform stacks up so you can decide which solution truly fits your infrastructure and budget.
Broadcom’s VMSA-2026-0006.2 adds vSphere 7.0 guidance for two unauthenticated, network-reachable vCenter flaws rated 9.8. With no workaround available, restrict access and use the supported patch route as an emergency change.
A newer Microsoft Defender security intelligence update appears to restore failed scans on affected Windows PCs, highlighting why rapidly delivered endpoint-protection updates need monitoring, staged deployment and clear recovery procedures.
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