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2025 was going to be the year I upgraded my Synology to a newer model with 10GbE support. But I will not support their enshittification plans, even if there are viable workarounds. Guess it's time to ...

Have you ever wished your home lab could do more than just sit there, taking up space? Imagine transforming that modest 10-inch setup into a fully functional Network Attached Storage (NAS) system, one ...

Self-hosting your data and services with Network Attached Storage (NAS) is a great way to free yourself from the spiraling costs and tangled web of subscription fees. Whether you’re simply looking to ...

Have you ever wished for a simple, affordable way to centralize your files, stream media, or back up your data—without shelling out hundreds of dollars for a commercial solution? Here’s the good news: ...

In this TechBuilder Recipe, I'll show you how to set up and configure a NAS device to quickly increase disk capacity. Then, to show off the new media-serving abilities of these powerful add-ons, I&'ll ...

Intel’s Alder Lake-N and Twin Lake processors are designed to be affordable and energy-efficient chips that offer good-enough performance for a wide range of tasks. They’ve shown up in a lot of ...

Some thoughts on this, in no particular order: If you're spending appreciable money on building an always on appliance that you want to last for years, you want to focus on a solid platform, which in ...

Especially if you're running a ZFS-powered NAS distro ...

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