Storage
Build a Ceph Storage Cluster for Your Home Lab (3-node, NVMe, 10GbE)
A Ceph cluster used to mean a rack, a 10GbE switch the size of a pizza box, and…
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Storage
Ceph Home Lab Hardware Requirements: Nodes, NVMe, RAM, and Network
Most storage guides start with a single box. Ceph breaks that habit on the first page, because Ceph…
Storage
Build a ZFS Storage Server with TrueNAS SCALE
A NAS build is really one decision wearing a lot of disguises: how many drives do you need…
Networking
Best 2.5GbE and 10GbE Managed Switch for a Homelab
Before you buy a faster switch, the real question is how much of your homelab actually needs more…
Proxmox
How Much RAM Do You Need for Proxmox and a Homelab
You’re sizing a homelab box and the RAM question is the one that actually decides what you can…
Storage
Best UPS for a Homelab and NAS
A homelab UPS has one job your desk UPS does not: hold the load steady long enough for…
Storage
Build a DIY NAS with TrueNAS or Unraid on a Mini PC
Building a NAS yourself comes down to two decisions: what box to put it on, and whether to…
Storage
Best NAS for Home, Self-Hosting, and Plex (2026)
Picking a NAS in 2026 is a different decision than it was even two years ago. The brand…
Storage
Best NAS Hard Drives for 2026: WD Red Pro vs Seagate IronWolf
Hard drives are the one NAS component you cannot cheap out on and the one that costs the…
Storage
CMR vs SMR Drives for NAS: Why SMR Wrecks RAID Rebuilds
Buy the wrong hard drive for a NAS and everything looks fine until the day a disk dies.…
Storage
Best SSD and NVMe for Servers and a Homelab
Two consumer SSDs sat in the same server. One acknowledged 642 durable writes a second, the other 2,024,…
Storage
NVMe vs SATA SSD for a Proxmox Datastore: PLP and Endurance
The fastest SSD on the spec sheet is often the worst choice for a Proxmox node. I learned…