Tag: storage
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Max Out Your Storage with ZFS
If you have recently created a server that has multiple disks, you may need a reliable file system that can fully utilize all of your Hard Drives and make the most of your storage. I recently had this issue as I recently upgraded some of my hardware and decided to put gently-used gaming PC parts…
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Automount a Drive in Linux
Do you have a spare external hard drive? Do you have a working computer? A spare thumb-drive even? I’m willing to bet you have at least one of these things. And with that being said, you are likely able to set up a static mount point. Why? Mounting a drive upon booting up would be…
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Modular Laptop: My Review of the Framework
Right-to-repair has always been a hotly debated item in the tech industry. Businesses want to lock down their hardware components and encourage more sales. However, consumers want control over their hardware and the ability to repair/replace each component. The tricky part is that nobody wants a chunky, frankenstein-looking piece of hardware (no offense to the…
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Ripping CDs with Sound-Juicer
Do you have a collection of CDs that you want digitized? Do you have a curated music library that you want on your computer? Well if you are tired of looking at that stack of CDs and you want to take your music with you on the go, we will go over a solution that…
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Deploying your own Dashboard via Docker
Now that we have familiarized ourselves with Virtualized Services in the context of Containers, let’s install a fun little starter project. We are going to set up a simple Dashboard, (vital if you are joining the Homelab community) and it should only take a single docker command. In the Self-hosting community there are a few…
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A Decade with the Raspberry Pi
Recently the Raspberry Pi Foundation celebrated the 10 year anniversary of the release of the first Raspberry Pi Single Board Computer. They have come so far in the past decade and should be proud of everything that they have done. From humble beginnings, The Raspberry Pi Foundation began in 2008 and was created with an…
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Installing Linux
Do you have an old laptop or desktop computer that is gathering dust? An old PC that was replaced because “it was old” or “it was running too slowly”, perhaps? Are you curious and willing to learn Linux basics? Well this project might be for you. For this tutorial, we will pretend that the ‘old…
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Booting from a USB
Do you remember the days when software and operating systems came on a disk? When purchasing a new version of Windows came on a Compact Disk that needed to be inserted into their computer? Well gone are the days of booting from disks. No longer does one need to use that caveman technology to update…
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HDDs vs. SSDs: Should I Upgrade?
Every computer uses memory in two MAIN ways. Computers use dynamic memory for RAM, and static memory for Storage. Storage mediums are usually larger and store a computers files in an On or Off state. Lately I have been hearing a lot of chatter about upgrades to Storage mediums that have vastly improved the performance…
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