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Intel N150 vs Intel N100: Choosing a Mini-PC or Homelab Server
Compare Intel N150 and N100 specifications, memory and expansion limits, power, video acceleration and complete mini-PC choices for a home server.
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Network Attached Storage Operating Systems (Unraid, OpenMediaVault, TrueNAS, HexOS, Rockstor) and storage pools.
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Take Control of Your Digital Library with Kavita: A Self-Hosting Enthusiast's Guide
Build a self-hosted Kavita library with accurate metadata, sensible Docker storage, reader-specific progress sync and a recoverable backup plan.
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Your Cloud, Your Rules: A Homelabber's Guide to OpenCloud
Explore OpenCloud file sharing and sync: Go-based storage, native clients, identity and proxy choices, production deployment and a recoverable migration plan.
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Take Control of Your Thoughts: Self-Hosting Obsidian in Your Homelab (Sort-of)
Use Obsidian local vaults with a carefully chosen self-hosted sync method, understand mobile and encryption limits, and keep recoverable backups.
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Kodi: The Ultimate Open-Source Home Theatre Software for Your Homelab
Build a Kodi home theatre with suitable playback hardware, organised media, supported server add-ons, shared-library choices and reliable maintenance.
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Build Your Homelab: 45 - Immich LXC in Proxmox with Helper Scripts
To install Immich in our Proxmox Homelab previously, we had to first install a Docker LXC and then Immich. This changed with the introduction of a new LXC Helper Script that was released. Let's look at installing Immich a bit easier.
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Unleash Your Inner Audiophile: A Homelabber's Guide to Lyrion Music Server
We all need some music in our life - be it from purchased music albums or internet radio. Lyrion will fulfill this requirement in your homelab setup with ease.
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Unlock Your eBook Library Anywhere: A Beginner's Guide to Calibre-Web in Your Homelab
Browse a Calibre-format eBook library with Calibre-Web, configure Docker and OPDS, and check Kobo sync, conversion and recoverable storage.
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Paperless-ngx: Organize and Search Documents at Home
Organize documents with Paperless-ngx, understand OCR and matching, choose a current deployment recipe, and test permissions and recovery.
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Take Control of Your Music: Your Guide to Navidrome and Self-Hosting
As we continue to try to move all our services to self-hosting, one of the most popular paid services is music streaming. Let's take a look at a self-hosted music streaming solution.
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Build Your Homelab: 42 - Configure Your Turnkey Nextcloud
Now that we have successfully installed a VM with Turnkey Linux's Nextcloud , we can get it set up. While the helper scripts simplified the process, the installation itself presented...
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Build Your Homelab: 41 - NextCloud VM In Proxmox
Installing Nextcloud in our Proxmox environment is a bit more hands-on than our normal installs, so we are going to be using multiple sources to make our lives easier.
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Build Your Homelab: 40 - Configure Your Self-Hosted Immich
Now that Immich is running in a separate LXC with a load of space, let's start using it by setting up a reverse proxy and access rules.
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Build Your Homelab: 39 - Installing Immich In Proxmox
Let's start saving some money with a service that the majority of smartphone users have: a service that backs up their photos and videos to the cloud. This is something that is very easy to self-host with the help of Immich.
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Nextcloud vs. Immich: Which Self-Hosted Option Is Best For Mobile Phone Photo Backups?
Compare Nextcloud and Immich for phone photo uploads, storage and recovery, with the deployment and maintenance tradeoffs of hosting your own photo library.
Hardware
Understanding Hardware RAID vs. Software RAID
Compare hardware RAID, Linux MD and OpenZFS: capacity, cache safety, integrity checks, controller recovery and why redundancy still needs separate backups.
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A Beginner’s Guide to HexOS: The Next Evolution of User-Friendly NAS Software
How HexOS simplifies TrueNAS storage, what Local management and licensing include, and what to check before trusting a NAS with your data.
Hardware
Understanding Solid State Drive (SSD) Health
Interpret SSD health and endurance readings, check TRIM and maintenance correctly, and plan monitoring, backups and replacement without treating a health score as a guarantee.
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Running PsiTransfer at Home: A Beginner's Guide
Set up PsiTransfer with protected upload and admin access, clear retention and encryption limits, and tested recipient downloads and recovery.
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Supercharge Your SBC With Raspberry Pi 5 Dual M.2 Slots!
Explore Seeed’s ASM2806 dual-M.2 Pi 5 board for NVMe storage and supported AI modules, with shared bandwidth, compatibility, power and recovery considerations.
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Duplicati in a Home Network Setup: Everything You Need to Know
Use Duplicati for scheduled backups with sensible encryption, persistent Docker settings, application-consistent data and a restore process you can verify.
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Immich: A Powerful Tool for Hosting Your Photos and Videos at Home
Plan an Immich deployment with matching release files, suitable storage and verified mobile uploads. Protect the library with database-and-media backups and restoration checks.
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Using Streamyfin To Access Your Home Jellyfin Content
Connect Streamyfin to Jellyfin, verify local and offline playback, understand release/platform limits and configure optional Seerr integration with clear access and privacy boundaries.
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NFS vs. SMB: Choosing and Testing File Sharing at Home
Compare NFS and SMB for home clients, verify identity and permissions, test Linux mounts and handle NAS outages before making shares persistent.
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Archiving Twitch Streams at Home with Ganymede: A Beginner's Guide
Archive Twitch VODs and live streams with Ganymede, using supported container deployment, persistent storage, secure access and verified backups.
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Understanding Link Aggregation in Networks
Ever wondered why devices like NAS systems, mini PCs, or even some motherboards come with multiple Ethernet ports? Link Aggregation, often called port bonding or teaming, is a powerful network feature designed to improve speed, redundancy, and overall reliability in certain devices and setups.
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Understanding SAN (Storage Area Network): A Non-Technical Guide
Understand SAN versus NAS and local storage, when network block storage is useful, and why multi-host access needs careful coordination and recovery planning.
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A Non-Technical Guide to SmartOS: What It Is, How It Works, and Why It Stands Out
SmartOS is an open-source, illumos-based hypervisor operating system built with OpenZFS, DTrace, Crossbow virtual networking, OS/LX Zones, and KVM/Bhyve hardware virtualization. Learn how SmartOS works and how it compares to Proxmox VE.
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Plex Media Server for Your Home Network
A favourable overview of Plex as a home media hub, with current playback/subscription checks, optional Linux deployment and practical access and recovery guidance.
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Understanding Rockstor: Your Open-Source NAS Solution
Understand Rockstor NAS storage, Btrfs pools and snapshots, hardware requirements, update channels and backup planning before building your own file server.
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openmediavault: Plan, Share and Recover a Home NAS
Understand openmediavault’s current release, storage and optional plugins. Test one private share, distinguish pooling from parity and verify data recovery.
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DAS Decoded: A Guide to Direct Attached Storage as an Alternative to NAS
Understand DAS versus NAS, choose a compatible storage connection, plan RAID and usable capacity, and protect files with practical recovery and backup checks.
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Unraid: A Beginner's Guide to Server Simplicity
Learn Unraid array and pool storage, current licence tiers, safe installation checks, Mover behavior and backup planning for a first home server.
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Jellyfin: Your Personal Media Center, Explained
How Jellyfin organizes a personal media library, with current Docker, client playback, hardware acceleration and privacy considerations.
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Running Nextcloud Inside a FreedomBox Machine
Use FreedomBox’s integrated Nextcloud app for a personal cloud, with supported setup, account checks, storage planning and a verified backup and recovery process.
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Prebuilt NAS vs a PC Running NAS Software: How to Choose
Compare a NAS appliance with a DIY storage PC by workload, hardware, measured costs, backups and the ability to recover your data.
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Understanding Network Sharing with Samba: A Beginner's Guide
Ever wanted to share folders seamlessly between Linux servers, Windows 11 PCs, and macOS machines across your home network? Learn how Samba (SMB3) works, how to configure /etc/samba/smb.conf securely, and how to avoid common permission pitfalls.
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Hard Drive Grades: Desktop, NAS, Surveillance and Enterprise
Compare hard-drive workloads and check exact models, CMR/SMR recording, recovery behaviour, workload ratings and warranty before buying.
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SSD vs. HDD in NAS: Which is the Right Choice for Your Storage Needs?
Choose NAS drives by workload, usable capacity, network limits and endurance, and understand the different risks of SSD pools, caches, SLOG and special devices.
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Nextcloud: A Personal Cloud with TrueNAS Storage
Plan a Nextcloud personal cloud with TrueNAS datasets, persistent Docker storage, real background-job scheduling and a complete backup and recovery strategy.
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TrueNAS: Store And Secure Your Data Easily
Understand TrueNAS and home NAS storage: CORE versus Community Edition, disks and datasets, ZFS redundancy, sharing permissions and recoverable backups.
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Turn Your Raspberry Pi into a Powerful NAS: Cheap, Easy, and Fun!
Build a Raspberry Pi NAS with OpenMediaVault: choose compatible hardware, install the matching OS, create SMB shares and check power, permissions and backups.
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Store in the Sky: A Guide to Cloud Storage
Choose cloud storage by its sync, encryption and recovery features. Understand online-only files, backup limits, archive costs and a practical test before uploading valuable data.
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Your Personal Cloud: A Practical Guide to Network Attached Storage
Plan a NAS around sharing, permissions, drive layouts and expansion, then protect it with independent backups and a tested restore process.
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Keeping Your Data Safe: A Beginner's Guide to RAID
Understand RAID levels, usable capacity, failure tolerance and rebuild planning, with clear distinctions between redundancy, ZFS checksums and backups.
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Raspberry Pi 5 NVMe Storage: Choose an M.2 Adapter and Verify the Upgrade
Choose a compatible NVMe adapter, check power and cooling, verify detection and boot with recovery media. Keep Gen3 optional and measure your own workload.
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Decoding Drive Tech: HDD vs SATA SSD vs NVMe - Which One Do You Need?
Choose HDD, SATA SSD or NVMe by compatibility, workload and capacity. Understand benchmark limits, recording technology, endurance and recoverable storage.
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Transform Your Home Entertainment with a Raspberry Pi Media Server
Plan a Raspberry Pi media server around player and server roles, playback limits, storage mounts, power and a recoverable backup.