Proxmox Live Migration: Shared Storage vs Local Storage ExplainedProxmox VE live migration is often associated with shared storage, but shared storage is not an absolute requirement in every scenario. With shared storage such as NFS, SAN or Ceph RBD, both the sourc4d ago · 2 min readsistro-networks.hashnode.dev
A Firewall Can Keep Forwarding Traffic and Still Stop Being a Security PlatformOne of the most misleading questions in firewall operations is: “Does it still work after the license expires?” “Works” can mean several different things. It may still forward packets. NAT may still fOct 9 · 1 min readsistro-networks.hashnode.dev
Two Firewalls Don't Automatically Create High AvailabilityHigh Availability is about failure domains. Consider this architecture: Two ISPsTwo firewallsOne core switch Is it redundant? At the firewall layer, yes. At the network level, no. The switch remains aOct 7 · 1 min readsistro-networks.hashnode.dev
Two NICs Don't Automatically Make a Proxmox Host RedundantRedundancy is about failure domains. Not interface count. Consider a hypervisor with two 10 GbE NICs. Both are bonded. Both cables connect to the same switch. A NIC failure is survivable. A switch faiOct 7 · 1 min readsistro-networks.hashnode.dev
A VPN Migration Should Happen Before the Firewall UpgradeHere's an easy way to create a Monday morning outage: Upgrade the firewall Discover a remote-access feature disappeared Start designing the replacement while users are calling FortiOS 7.6.3 provideOct 6 · 1 min readsistro-networks.hashnode.dev