I am the person who ...
harnesses the power of IT, Accounting, and Blogging for your success.
Freelancer by Day. Football Fanatic by Night.
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Edy Werder is a driven solopreneur with IT and accounting expertise. He has built a successful career in both fields, using his extensive knowledge and skills to help businesses navigate the complexities of finance and technology.
In addition to his work as a solopreneur, Edy is also an avid blogger in the IT and WordPress niche. He shares his insights and expertise with others through his blog, providing solutions to problems and buying tips.
Edy often indulges in his passion for football when he’s not working or blogging. As a dedicated fan, he loves to follow his favorite teams and players, staying up-to-date on the latest news and scores.
My Websites
A selection of my blogs
Proxmox Backup Server Verify Slow on NFS? How a $175 SSD Fixed It
Is your Proxmox Backup Server verify slow? Mine ran for 8.5 hours every single day. Backups were fine. Restores worked. But the daily verify dragged on from morning into late afternoon. I assumed it was my gigabit network. I was wrong.
How to Update Proxmox Manually
Knowing how to update Proxmox manually keeps you in control of when patches and kernel updates hit your server. This guide covers both the command-line and the web GUI approaches.
Proxmox Backup Server: What It Does and How to Set It Up
If you run a homelab or manage a few servers for a small business, Proxmox Backup Server is the solution for data protection. Without a dedicated backup server, your virtual machines live on a single node. One disk failure and you rebuild everything from scratch.
Self-Managed VPS Updates: Who’s Responsible When a Panel Runs Your Stack?
I SSH'd into my self-managed VPS last week, ran apt-get update && apt-get upgrade -y, and immediately hit two errors. That moment made me realize I had no clear idea who's actually responsible for keeping this server updated.
Homelab Guide 2026: Build, Run and Expand Your Home Lab
I have written over 30 homelab guides on this blog. Guides on servers, Proxmox, Synology, networking, and security. This page brings them all together in one place, organized by topic.
How to Use Synology Hyper Backup with an Ubuntu rsync Server
If you want an off-site backup destination you control, using Synology Hyper Backup to an rsync server can work very well. I recently set this up with an Ubuntu server and learned that the process is not quite as simple as creating a folder and testing SSH access.
