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Zerto Cloud Service Provider How To – Part 1 Architecture

Posted on October 19, 2016 by Justin Paul | 0 Comments

This article discusses Zerto's Cloud Service Provider architecture and what you will need to get started as a DRaaS provider.

Zerto Cloud Service Provider Series

Posted on October 19, 2016 by Justin Paul | 0 Comments

Zerto Virtual Replication can be implemented in a few different ways. One of which is for those wishing to provider disaster recovery as a service to customers. We call these implementations Cloud Service Providers or ZCSP’s. So if you have…

Automating your Amazon Purchasing Experience with Dash Buttons

Posted on October 12, 2016 by Justin Paul | 0 Comments

In Amazon's continuing effort to maximize purchasing automation while minimizing human interaction in our lives, they released a group of devices called Dash buttons. These buttons automate the purchasing process for whatever product you want. Which takes their "1-click" ordering…

How (and why) I created my blog’s facebook page

Posted on October 10, 2016 by Justin Paul | 0 Comments

What I know about Facebook In 2004 University of Dayton students got access to Facebook. Like most other students I signed up and used Facebook pretty regularly throughout college. As my career has taken off I find myself on LinkedIn much more…

10Gbps Home Lab – How I got there

Posted on October 4, 2016 by Justin Paul | 2 Comments

I remember a LOOONG time ago, I asked my friend Nate why he wanted to spend a bunch of money on a 100Mbps switch (at the time I had a 10Mbps switch and it worked great). To me it just didn’t seem…

I Deleted You!

Posted on October 4, 2016 by Justin Paul | 0 Comments

It wasn’t anything personal…but I deleted your user account on my blog. I tried to do some house keeping this weekend and started deleting all of the spam user accounts from my blog. The problem: at 90,000+ strong it was unmanageable. The solution…

Anatomy of the Cisco UCS Mini

Posted on September 10, 2016 by Justin Paul | 1 Comment

This Cisco UCS Mini Anatomy Info graphic explains the major components of the platform and what all goes into a UCS Mini installation.

Want to Beta Test Zerto Replication 5.0?

Posted on September 9, 2016 by Justin Paul | 0 Comments

It’s time to fire up your lab hardware and sign up for Zerto Virtual Replication 5.0 Beta Testing! Be one of the few, the proud, the Zerto Virtual Replication 5.0 Beta testers and help make 5.0 the best it can possibly…

SharePoint Mini Conference in Cincinnati

Posted on September 8, 2016 by Justin Paul | 0 Comments

SharePoint Friday Cincinnati is a FREE one day conference. The event is open to the public and is your chance to spend the entire day immersing yourself in SharePoint and networking with others in the field and with some of…

VMware Swap and OS Swap: Whats the difference?

Posted on August 27, 2016 by Justin Paul | 2 Comments

After posting my two Zerto Swap Disk articles for Linux and Windows I received a comment asking why wouldn’t I just reserve all the VM’s RAM which would eliminate the VMware swap file and replication of swap data. This seems to…

My Zerto Docs MCP Server: Ask Claude (or Copilot, or Cursor) Real Questions

Introducing Webhook Server: Windows-Native Webhooks for Zerto (and Anything Else)

Troubleshooting Keycloak Authentication

DIY Precision Agriculture: Fertilizer Monitor with Raspberry Pi Pico Part 2

DIY Precision Agriculture: Fertilizer Monitor with Raspberry Pi Pico Part 1

Automated Rotation of Keycloak LDAP Federation Password for Zerto

A Water Heater Breakdown Was the Best Thing for My Utility Bills!

DIY Stratum 1 NTP Server: Secure Time Sync with Raspberry Pi Under $200

Harnessing Zerto 10 API Enhancements for Superior Disaster Recovery

Converting REST API Scripts for ZVM Appliance v2