Tag: storage

Stratis layers XFS over device-mapper thin pools instead of copying Btrfs. What the trade costs you on RHEL, Rocky, and Alma, and which one to run in 2026.

An AI coding agent rebuilding the same tag all day fills a disk fast. The mechanism, the truth about volume pruning, and a systemd timer that fixes it.

Longhorn is opinionated and simple. OpenEBS is modular with more levers. How the two storage drivers differ on architecture and speed for a 3-node k3s.

Pick the right IT-mode HBA for ZFS: LSI 9211-8i vs 9300-16i vs 9400 series. Flash firmware, avoid RAID controllers, navigate expanders and PCIe lanes.

Mimir for long-term Prometheus storage. S3-backed, horizontally scaled alternative to Thanos for capacity planning and compliance.

TrueNAS Scale ditched Kubernetes for native Docker. Apps catalog vs raw Compose, when each wins, dataset snapshots, and why custom apps took so long.

Four file-sharing protocols compared for home labs: NFS speed, SMB compatibility, SSHFS convenience, WebDAV over HTTP, and which one to pick per use case.

Linux filesystem comparison: ext4 for safety, XFS for scale, ZFS for snapshots, Btrfs for flexibility. Pick the right tool for your workload.

Compare cold storage tiers: Backblaze B2, Storj decentralized cloud, and Scaleway Glacier. Pricing, egress, restore times, and which backup service wins.

Why rsync.net is the no-BS off-site backup target for Restic and Borg: SSH-only ZFS, real Unix support, and what 1.5 cents per GB per month actually costs.

ZFS tuning for flash: ARC sizing, recordsize, autotrim, sync modes, and SLOG advice, plus why defaults written for spinning disks waste an NVMe pool.

Backup patterns that survive disasters: snapshot, replication, off-site. Retention, safety, and the 3-2-1 model done right.