The NAS feature I use every day isn't storage, it's Docker
…case — storage that I could access on my home network. However, with multiple drives on my desktop PC, as well as cloud backups of important files, the NAS ended up feeling mostly…
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Home Assistant finally has an AI tool worth the complexity, if you can get past the onboarding
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…With enough computing power, TrueNAS can handle containers and virtualized instances, effectively transforming the NAS into a full-blown server. But just because TrueNAS can run everything you need in a home…
I tested TrueNAS, Unraid, and OpenMediaVault to find the perfect NAS OS, and there's a clear winner
…Combine OpenMediaVault’s barebones nature with its terrific hardware compatibility, and you can see why I used to rely on a Raspberry Pi-powered OMV server for my 3-2-1 backup…
Forget Synology and DSM, this free NAS distro can revive old PCs as NAS servers
…monitoring provisions and basic rsync tasks for remote backups. So far, OpenMediaVault may seem a bit barebones, especially when you contrast it with the containerization, backup, and security tools on Synology distributions…
I spent $90 on a power conditioner, and it fixed my entire home theater setup
…Nowadays, my home has a whole-home surge protector and ground-fault isolator, but that still doesn't mean I don't use a power conditioner. While it's true that my…
Your NAS needs more RAM than you think
…ZFS-powered workstations (yes, I’d bought this much RAM long before the memory apocalypse came into being), as even after ZFS hogs 50% of the available RAM, my home servers still…
Your home lab's biggest mistake might be running everything in LXCs
…The mistake is treating them as the default home for everything just because they’re neat. Proxmox Proxmox is a powerful home lab platform, but make sure you're using its features…
I gave my NAS actual jobs beyond storage, and it automated half my PC maintenance
…Additionally, I use my NAS as a backup server. As someone whose main computer is a Mac, I would schedule connecting a backup hard drive to my computer every weekend so that…
I ditched Plex, Google Photos, and iCloud for self-hosted alternatives, and Pangolin made it actually work
…Low idle power consumption is the most important factor for a 24/7 machine. High core counts, gaming GPUs, and massive RAM are rarely needed for typical home server workloads, and they…
I stopped trusting my router's diagnostics after my Raspberry Pi found what it missed
…While I had enabled backup on my smartphones, tablet, and computers, I forgot that there is no specific timing or duration cap on them. Regular backups on most of my devices took…