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The birth of retentions

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🗂️ Why I Didn’t Use find – and started retentions Today, I wanted to delete some old backups. Nothing fancy. Just the regular backups I keep from my OpenWRT Wi-Fi access point.And like everyone else, my first instinct was to reach for the shell. 🔧 The Obvious Solutions The usual commands are well known: or: … Read more

The GlusterFS Gap in SMB Storage

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🧱 GlusterFS: Why It Was a Perfect Fit for SMBs and HomeLabs For many years, GlusterFS filled a very specific and important niche:distributed storage for small and medium-sized environments that did not have enterprise budgets, datacenter-class hardware, or massive network bandwidth. It was never perfect. But it was practical. And in many environments, it was … Read more