6 reasons I'm buying HDDs, not SSDs
…For cold storage I'm parking data I rarely use on airgapped devices Any digital storage that's going to be either disconnected from power for long periods of time or airgapped…
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6 things your NAS can do that have nothing to do with storage
4d agoRepurposing an old PC as a NAS seemed smart until I checked the power bill
4d agoI stopped checking my home lab backups manually after Claude Code helped me build these checks
1w agoI used a LattePanda Sigma with 32GB of RAM as my ‘too much power’ home lab box, and immediately found work for it
1w agoMost home servers are wildly overbuilt, and the N100 proved it to me
…Storage 512GB NVMe SSD Display 1x HDMI 2.0, 1x DisplayPort 1.4 The N100 in my Geekom Air12 Lite has proven more than powerful enough for almost all of my home…
Proxmox running Xpenology gave me the best of both worlds for my home NAS
…TrueNAS Scale changed that for me since I could create something fairly powerful at home, and everyone would be able to connect to it with their favorite device. It rocked ZFS, is…
Stop treating the Raspberry Pi 5 as a smart home hub — it's actually built for something bigger
…If your smart home is small, a Raspberry Pi 4 remains a sensible choice . It can run Home Assistant well, especially with decent storage and a clean setup. For many households, spending…
High availability doesn't require matching servers — my three different mini PCs proved it works anyway
…A mixed mini PC cluster can be genuinely useful when workloads are sized carefully, storage is handled sensibly, and failover is tested before it’s needed. It won’t make a home…
This powerhouse mini PC with an AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS, 32GB RAM, and OCuLink is now $360 off at its lowest price ever
…Immense power in a small package This model from GMKtec delivers, thanks to its powerful AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS processor that's paired with 32GB of RAM and 1TB of SSD storage…
Most Proxmox setups fail the same way, and you won't know until it's too late
…Storage choices without a strategy Fast disks cannot rescue poor planning Storage is where Proxmox gives you plenty of power and just enough rope to knit a disaster sweater. ZFS, LVM, directory…
I used Cockpit instead of a full NAS OS, and my spare Linux box finally made sense for home storage
I used Cockpit instead of a full NAS OS, and my spare Linux box finally made sense for home storage
SSD caching on a NAS sounds clever, but it's the wrong upgrade for most workloads
…Sign in to your XDA account Browse home lab forums for a few minutes, and you’re bound to come across dozens of tips to boost your Network-Attached Storage server’s…
Your backup strategy is probably broken, and a $250 second machine can fix it
…Sign in to your XDA account Although I use bulky Proxmox workstations for my virtualization and LXC-hosting needs, I consider my Network-Attached Storage server an essential part of my home…