Building a ZFS on Linux Fileserver
After my recent migration back to ZFS on Linux, I decided to roll my own GUI for server reporting/management. Unfortunately, as referenced in the above linked post, I recently picked…
The ZFS walk-of-shame with Seagate and OmniOS CE.
This is a bit of a long one, so I’ll put this first. The TL;DR Opinion #1: OmniOS and Napp-IT are nice, but there’s a good chance it’s not worth…
Building a Disk Tower, for all pain and no profit
In my lab, more than anything, quiet and power-sipping are the two factors that matter most to me. That means most of my servers are towers instead of rack-mount gear.…
Abusing the QNAP TS-831x with ZFS
Lately for my business, I've been recommending the QNAP TS-831x to clients. As I have a few of them sitting around my lab now, I decided to abuse them a…
Growing from Baby to Giant
Once I decided to Frankenbox my SYS-E300-8D into a new form factor, the hunt was on. The central item of this build: Fractal Design R5 - I loved the modular…
One Media Server to Rule Them All – Part 2
FreeNAS WOAH! It was around the time my head was exploding from carrying around USB hard drives that my brother introduced me to FreeNAS. MIND BLOWN All I could say…
From media to Home Lab
For years, I've been running a Media server, outlined here. Over time, it's evolved from a strict XBMC machine, to an Ubuntu server running Plex, sabnzbd, SickBeard, CouchPotato and more.…
