postgres - database has no actual collation version, but a version was recorded
Upgrading a major postgres version using containers with different C libraries caused me some headaches because I go an error "database has no actual collation version, but a version was recorded" - and I did not fix it. At least I can give a hint on why it happend and how you could avoid it.
postgres - upgrading postgres with timescaledb running in a container
Uprading postgres with timescaledb caused me some issues related to the collation. After some retries I've found a reliable way to doing the upgrade. This post describes the steps to be done.
Using storage caching on a standalone windows server
Sometimes you are still facing standalone systems that need to provide storage based services - like backup targets. Running this on Windows Server offers your the option to use StorageBusCache to provide awesome speed.
Why you should use rook ceph on kubernetes (onprem)
If you run kubernetes on your own, you need to provide a storage solution with it. We are using ceph (operated through rook). This article gives some short overview about it's benefits and some pro's and con's of it.
Windows 11 - enable seconds on clock (again) - may 2023 update
Windows 11's patch of may 2023 brings back seconds to the system-clock - if you enable it through registry. Let's do this!
Configure maximum live migrations on Windows Server 2022 (cluster) / Azure Stack HCI
Just a very quick information. In case you are running a Windows Server 2022 based cluster (the same applies to Azure Stack HCI) and you wonder why it keeps reverting the per-host configuration of live-migrations (like if you set it using Set-VMHost), the reason is that this setting is nowadays
Migrate a netadapter configuration in an atomic command
You know the situation: You need to perform multiple commands that will disconnect you in the middle. Functions to the rescue!
Kubernetes v1.27 - what's new
Kubernetes 1.27 is released! Having the fancy name Chill Vibes it brings up to 60 enhancements. I've picked a few to highlight them in this post. Image registry change to registry.k8s.io This change has been active for several months already - the kubernetes image registry
