Notes from the racks
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Written by platform engineers
Field-tested, not theoretical
New analysis every month
5 articles
Backup/
3 min read
Writing a DR runbook you can actually execute
Setting RPO and RTO per workload, ordering the failover, naming who declares a disaster, and rehearsing without touching production.
Sep 6, 2026
Backup/
3 min read
Adding an offsite cloud repository to Veeam
Sizing the first backup copy job, throttling the link so it does not saturate the office, and verifying the chain once it lands offsite.
Sep 6, 2026
Backup/
3 min read
The 3-2-1-1-0 rule, and where most estates fail it
What each digit of 3-2-1-1-0 actually requires, and the two gaps auditors and insurers find first in otherwise well-run backup estates.
Sep 6, 2026
Backup/
5 min read
RPO and RTO in plain numbers
How to turn two abstract acronyms into a backup plan you can defend in a post-incident review, with the arithmetic that decides your architecture.
Aug 23, 2026
How-to/
5 min read
A working 3-2-1 backup setup with Veeam
A concrete Veeam configuration implementing 3-2-1-1-0 against object storage with immutability, plus the retention arithmetic and the settings people get wrong.
Aug 23, 2026
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