I’m always on the hunt for better options to pool my SnapRAID array at home. I have found a new, great companion in MergerFS. Mergerfs is another disk pooling solution (union filesystem). Here’s wh...

Home Media Fileserver in Norco 4224 Case </div>I have SnapRAID setup to create a super flexible, reliable bulk media server. I have used SnapRAID for years across numerous versions of Ubuntu...

Workstation Upgrades I just updated my home workstation to something much more powerful than what I had in the past. With 8-core hyperthreaded Xeon e5-2760’s going for $60, I decided it was time t...

UPDATE: I have an updated script available here. I needed a simple, reliable way to run diffs, syncs, and scrubs on my SnapRAID array nightly without me manually having to run commands each time. ...

Docker is an amazing way to run specific software stacks without installing them on your host machine. It allows the containers to be portable and run on any other Docker host. This was my maiden v...

I have have tried all of the popular hypervisors at home (other than Xen) and arrived back at Proxmox which I have used for years. The combination of KVM + LXC, a modern kernel, the inclusion of ZF...

After some Googling, this looks like a common issue with most kernels shipping with distros. Here are a few links to look at. https://forums.sonarr.tv/t/native-mono-crashes/4985/32 https://emby.me...

Build’s Name: Totoro Operating System/ Storage Platform: ESXi CPU: Core i5-4590 Motherboard: ASRock B85M Pro4 Chassis: Coolermaster HAF 912 + 5-in-3 bay. Drives: 4x Hitachi 4TB drives, 4x Seagate 4...

I have always used Proxmox or ESXi for virtualization, but this time I wanted to give Server 2012 R2 + Hyper-V a spin. I also wanted to virtualize my IPFire firewall, a Domain Controller, and event...

I’ve had a few people ask me over the years about spinning down disk that don’t have Advanced Power Management or otherwise can’t be spun down by hdparm. The following is a way to spindown disks wi...