10G NAS Setup Guide: Hitting Line Rate
Setting up a 10G NAS link comes down to four things: a 10G NIC in the NAS and the client,…
Category: NAS & Storage
NAS Network Setup: Static IP, SMB/NFS Shares, and VLAN Placement
A NAS belongs on its own network segment with a static IP, reachable only by the devices that need its…
Best NAS Hard Drives: CMR, SMR, Capacity and How Many
The drives are where a NAS lives or dies, and the rule is simpler than the marketing makes it sound:…
RAID Levels Explained: Picking Redundancy for a Home NAS
RAID is how a NAS survives a dead drive without losing your data — it spreads data and parity across…
ZFS Basics: Pools, Vdevs, Scrubs and Snapshots Explained
ZFS is the reason a modern NAS can promise your data is correct, not just present. It checksums every block…
DIY NAS Build: The Parts List for a TrueNAS Box That Lasts
Building your own NAS gets you more storage, more compute, and full hardware control for the money an appliance charges…
TrueNAS vs Unraid vs Synology: Which Home NAS to Run
If you’re staring at the three names everyone recommends — TrueNAS, Unraid, Synology — the short version is this: TrueNAS…
Home NAS Setup Guide: The Self-Built TrueNAS Box I Run
A home NAS is the quiet box the whole house ends up depending on — it holds the backups, the…