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MBR2GPT: Convert MBR to GPT

Learn how to convert a Master Boot Record (MBR) to a GUID partition table (GPT) using the MBR2GPT tool.
Using the QCOW2 disk format in Proxmox

QCOW2 is a virtual disk image format used by Proxmox Virtual Environment (Proxmox VE), an open-source virtualization management platform....
Understanding Kubernetes Persistent Volumes

Persistent volumes allow administrators to configure persistent data locations for stateful applications. They allow containerized applications to store data...
BalenaEtcher (alias Etcher): Burn OS image to a USB drive

Etcher, also known as BalenaEtcher, is a tool for copying operating systems and burning the OS image onto removable...
Using Docker with NAS and NFS

To access remote storage from Docker containers, you must understand how Docker works with network-attached storage (NAS) and the...
Use Azure Storage for backup

Because of its relatively low cost and flexibility, Azure Storage is a great target for cloud-based backup. Learn the...
Extending LVM space in Ubuntu

Did you ever install Ubuntu Linux with the default LVM (logical volume manager) partition layout and give it a...
Azure Recovery Services vault: Ironing out the confusion

Microsoft Azure offers a variety of backup and disaster recovery solutions. Let Tim iron out some common confusions about...
A Go AWS SDK example

Amazon provides three ways you can access and manage Amazon Web Services: AWS Management Console, AWS Command Line Interface...
Resilient storage with Storage Spaces

Historically, businesses have used RAID technologies to avoid data loss when disks fail. However, Windows Server offers a pure...
Cobian Backup revived: Cobian Reflector

Cobian Backup is a popular freeware backup tool. Its version 11 has been around since 2012. Recently, Luis Cobian,...
Setting up highly available file shares in Windows Server 2022

Windows Server 2022 has many robust enterprise features that allow IT admins to create resilient and highly available infrastructure...
DFS Replication

DFS Replication, short for Distributed File System Replication (DFSR), is a Windows Server role service that allows you to...
icacls: List, set, grant, remove, and deny permissions

In this comprehensive icacls guide, you'll learn how to list, set, grant, remove, and deny permissions, as well as...
The PowerShell storage module: Initialize, partition, format, check disk usage, and resize disk

In my last post, I gave a general introduction to managing disks with PowerShell. Today, I will show you...
Windows PowerShell disk management

In this series I will introduce you to Windows PowerShell disk management. In today's post I review some general...
Synchronize files between PCs and mobile devices using Synology Drive

If you want to synchronize files between several computers and mobile devices, the well-known cloud services from Microsoft or...
Prevent ransomware attacks on network shares with File Server Resource Manager (FSRM)

Every week, it seems that another company becomes the victim of a coordinated ransomware attack. While several companies offer...
Automatically mount an NVMe EBS volume in an EC2 Linux instance using fstab

If you attach an EBS volume to an Amazon EC2 instance, you can configure its device name. However, the...