Storage

I stopped paying for Google Photos the moment I discovered this self-hosted alternative

I stopped paying for Google Photos the moment I discovered this self-hosted alternative

Ismar Hrnjicevic April 17, 2026

Your massive photo library is the perfect excuse to buy a NAS

I tried to ditch cloud storage for self-hosting. Three drives and a mini PC later, I gave up

I tried to ditch cloud storage for self-hosting. Three drives and a mini PC later, I gave up

Bertel King April 16, 2026

There are time sucks, and then there are time sucks.

Your SSD is doing extra work you don’t know about—here’s how to fix it

Your SSD is doing extra work you don’t know about—here’s how to fix it

Goran Damnjanovic April 16, 2026

Your SSD needs more than just free space.

Closets are killing your NAS performance, even the fanless ones

Closets are killing your NAS performance, even the fanless ones

Arol Wright April 15, 2026

Your NAS is throttling itself in that closet

Stop ignoring disk partitions—4 reasons they are more useful on a 4TB SSD than ever before

Stop ignoring disk partitions—4 reasons they are more useful on a 4TB SSD than ever before

Sydney Butler April 13, 2026

Why partitioning your largest drives actually makes sense now (when it didn't before)

Stop wasting drives on RAID 6—why I ditched it for RAID 5 in my homelab

Stop wasting drives on RAID 6—why I ditched it for RAID 5 in my homelab

Patrick Campanale April 12, 2026

I ditched RAID 6 for RAID 5, and I'm not looking back

This is the one piece of gear I wish I’d bought for my homelab years ago

This is the one piece of gear I wish I’d bought for my homelab years ago

Arol Wright April 9, 2026

I ignored UPS advice for years until a power flicker corrupted my entire setup

My NAS cache drive crashed everything—here’s what I did wrong

My NAS cache drive crashed everything—here’s what I did wrong

Patrick Campanale April 9, 2026

I thought a cache drive would supercharge my NAS, but it created an unexpected bottleneck instead

RAM disks are insanely fast, but I’m not using one—and neither should you

RAM disks are insanely fast, but I’m not using one—and neither should you

Goran Damnjanovic April 8, 2026

RAM disks easily beat PCIe 5.0 SSDs, but I still won't touch them

RAID 0 is a data-loss nightmare: Here is the only reason I still run it in my homelab

RAID 0 is a data-loss nightmare: Here is the only reason I still run it in my homelab

Patrick Campanale April 8, 2026

RAID 0 isn't worth it—unless you're backing it up every night

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