Systems,from the rackto the rigging.
I'm Nick Manganiello — infrastructure architect and systems builder. Data centers, networks, virtualization, BCDR, cloud, live production and lighting — and the physical systems under all of it. Written up from the field.
Network Infrastructure
Built to carry everything else.
Routing, switching, firewalls, SD-WAN, Wi-Fi and structured cabling — from data-center fabrics to campus closets to temporary networks in places that have none.
Network postsVirtualization Infrastructure
A hundred servers in one rack.
VMware, Hyper-V and Proxmox: cluster design, storage architecture, replication, and the migrations that move hundreds of workloads without anyone noticing.
Virtualization postsBCDR Planning & Infrastructure
Storage that survives the bad day.
Immutable backups, replication, multi-site and cloud DR, ransomware recovery — designed for actual failure scenarios, not checkbox compliance.
BCDR postsCloud Infrastructure & MDM
The data center you don't rack.
OCI and OCVS, hybrid cloud, identity with Entra ID, and endpoint architecture with Intune and Autopilot across thousands of devices.
Cloud + MDM postsLighting Design & Programming
Networks where there is no network.
Concert, theatrical and architectural lighting; DMX, Art-Net and pixel systems; FOH sound — and the production networks built onsite for shows in places with no infrastructure at all.
Lighting + Production postsLatest writing
- VirtualizationThe hypervisor is the easy part: how we migrate from VMware to Hyper-V
- NetworkSo you have to build out a new facility
- NetworkMaking SD-WAN boring
- Lighting + ProductionThe venue is a lighthouse
