Building my own NAS taught me why prebuilt enclosures are holding you back
…Sign in to your XDA account After looking at my current home lab setup, it's sometimes hard to imagine I was firmly in the prebuilt network-attached storage (NAS) camp. It…
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My Raspberry Pi 4 still has a job in my homelab, and it isn't Home Assistant
1w agoYour ISP router is the biggest bottleneck in your home network, and you know it
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…But I wanted remote access from external networks, without the added risks of exposing ports on my home router. That’s why I went with good ol’ Tailscale , which I’d already…
The best NAS distro dropped a public beta for its new update, and it feels more like Proxmox with each release
…Proxmox in my home lab, with both platforms fulfilling their own roles. The former powers my local and remote Network-Attached Storage servers, houses most of my network shares, and runs services…
I moved my entire Linux home directory to a second drive, and nothing broke
…When your home directory is on the same drive, personal and system files end up competing for the same pool of space. Moving /home to another drive gives both sides more breathing…