Tag: storage

Bcachefs got booted from the Linux mainline kernel and now ships as a DKMS module. Stability verdict, tiering, and a straight answer for home lab use in 2026.

The -v and --mount flags for Docker volumes explained — bind mounts vs named volumes, read-only, propagation, and tmpfs options.

Self-host Nextcloud in Docker with persistent storage and a reverse proxy — your own Google Drive without the Google.

Restic forget, prune, and check: right order, real retention flags, cron automation, and why --read-data on a large repo will ruin your whole weekend.

What is lost+found and why does it exist? fsck puts recovered file fragments there after a crash — and no, you can't delete it.

Stop burning money on AWS egress fees. Here is how to build a real tiered backup strategy using Backblaze B2 plus rclone for your home lab setup in 2026.

Ceph on 3 nodes: real hardware requirements, honest performance tradeoffs, and exactly when distributed storage beats a plain NFS share for your home lab.

Set up Snapper on Btrfs to auto-snapshot before every system update, roll back broken machines in minutes, and never lose a working root filesystem again.

sanoid manages ZFS snapshot policies automatically, syncoid replicates them over SSH to remote pools — together they're the lowest-effort offsite backup strategy for any ZFS user.

Stop letting every machine write directly to S3. Kopia repository server gives you shared dedup, per-host auth, and sane maintenance — all in one place.

Pipe ZFS incremental snapshots through WireGuard to a friend's NAS or a remote VPS. Encrypted in transit and at rest — no rsync.net bill or vendor lock-in.

Skip the paid Unraid license. mergerfs + SnapRAID give you flexible JBOD pooling with parity protection on mismatched drives you already own, for free.