RAID 0, 1, and 5: Pick One
RAID 0 is fast and terrifying. RAID 1 is boring and beautiful. RAID 5 is the storage efficiency compromise your NAS has been waiting for. Here's how to pick.
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ZFS vs Btrfs: Which Modern Filesystem Wins?
ZFS is the paranoid fortress of filesystems. Btrfs is the scrappy upstart built into your kernel. Here's which one belongs in your home lab.
Find out whats taking up all the hdd space
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Your disk is full and du is lying to you. ncdu, df, and find tricks to track down space hogs before your server goes down at 2 AM.
IPFS: Peer-to-Peer File Storage for People Who've Seen Too Many 404s
Learn IPFS distributed storage: content addressing, CIDs, installing the IPFS daemon, pinning files, public gateways, and real use cases for resilient self-hosted file storage.
Disk Space Tools in 2026: Beyond du and df
du and df still work, but Rust-era tools like dust, duf, and fclones make disk triage faster and way less painful in 2026.
Tmpfs vs Ramfs: When Your Disk Is Too Slow and Your RAM Is Just Sitting There
Tmpfs vs ramfs explained: mount RAM-backed filesystems on Linux for blazing fast temp storage. Covers fstab, Docker tmpfs mounts, CI/CD use cases, and the key differences.
Why Self-Hosted Apps Lose Data After Updates
You updated your container and your database is gone. Here's the volume permission mistake killing your data.
MinIO vs SeaweedFS: Self-Hosted S3 Storage Without AWS Bills
MinIO vs SeaweedFS compared for self-hosted S3 storage: setup, performance, Docker Compose configs, S3 API compatibility, and which one fits your home lab or production workload.
MinIO + Nextcloud: S3-Compatible Storage That's Actually Yours
Replace Nextcloud's local filesystem with MinIO as an S3-compatible backend. Full Docker setup, bucket policies, performance tuning, and why this scales better.
LVM Advanced: Snapshots, Thin Provisioning, and Not Losing Your Data
Master LVM snapshots and thin provisioning on Linux. Learn to create, use, and merge snapshots for backups, and over-provision storage safely.
Docker Volumes vs Bind Mounts: Where Your Data Actually Lives
Docker volumes vs bind mounts explained: named volumes, anonymous volumes, bind mounts, and tmpfs. Real examples for databases, dev workflows, and production.
Is Your Linux Server Destroying Its SSD?
Check SSD health, find excessive write patterns, use noatime, move logs to tmpfs to extend lifespan.