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Latest news from the world of IT. TrueNAS, Proxmox, OPNsense and more.
OPNsense 26.7 Release: What's Coming
OPNsense 26.7 is due: what to expect from the traditional July major release — HardenedBSD/FreeBSD update, plugin refresh, GUI improvements. An honest look at the public roadmap.
Hardware Leasing vs. Buying: When Does Each Make Sense?
Tax and balance-sheet differences between leasing and buying IT hardware, cashflow effects, hidden costs, vendor lock-in. Typical scenarios: notebook refresh, server, switches, storage — what really makes sense in the mid-market.
100 GbE Is the New 10 GbE: Why the Mid-Market Must Rethink Now
25 GbE and 100 GbE have arrived in the mid-market. SFP28 is backward-compatible with SFP+, NVMe saturates 10 GbE trivially, the MikroTik CRS520 makes 100 GbE affordable. Three clear recommendations per network class — SMB backbone, storage, high-end.
Nextcloud Hub: Office Alternative On-Prem
Nextcloud Hub as a Microsoft 365 alternative for SMBs: Files, Talk, Office (Collabora), Mail, Calendar, Deck, Forms, Tables. Self-hosting on your own hardware with a TrueNAS backend, AD/LDAP, external storage. Realistic assessment of strengths and limits.
Phishing Waves 2026: Concrete Protection Measures for SMBs
Current phishing trends 2026: AI-generated emails, deepfake audio in CEO fraud, QR phishing (quishing), MFA fatigue. Concrete protection stack with FIDO2, SPF/DKIM/DMARC, MTA-STS and training recommendations — 2026 status.
ZFS Performance Tuning: Recordsize, atime, Compression
ZFS pool tuning for real workloads: recordsize per use case, atime=off, compression tradeoffs lz4 vs zstd, special_small_blocks, ashift=12, primarycache. Concrete zfs set commands and qualitative assessments without invented benchmarks.
DATAZONE Team Earns TrueNAS Solutions Architect – Gold Level
Two DATAZONE experts are now certified TrueNAS Solutions Architects (Gold Level) – the highest iXsystems credential for TrueNAS design, sizing and enterprise storage.
CER Directive: Resilience Obligations for the Mid-Market
The EU CER Directive (Critical Entities Resilience) and the German CER-UmsG oblige critical entities to physical and operational resilience. Scope, transposition deadline, delineation from NIS2 and concrete measures for the mid-market.
Proxmox PBS Tape Out: Cold Storage for Long-Term Backups
Tape backend in Proxmox Backup Server: proxmox-tape, LTO-9 with 18 TB native and AES-256 hardware encryption, air-gap protection against ransomware, GFS rotation for SMBs. A practical guide to cold storage as a 3-2-1 component.
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.
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