Tag: storage

RAID Is Not Backup: Rebuild Math

Your RAID 5 rebuild on a modern multi-TB drive has a 40-50% chance of hitting a URE before it finishes. Here's the 2026 math and what to do about it.

RAID 6 vs RAID 10: Two Dead Disks

RAID 6 and RAID 10 both survive two dead disks and both need four drives. But they get there completely differently, and that difference matters.

RAID 0, 1, and 5: Pick One

RAID 0 is fast and terrifying, RAID 1 is boring and beautiful, RAID 5 is the NAS compromise. How to pick the right one for your home lab drives.

ZFS vs Btrfs: Which Modern Filesystem Wins?

ZFS is the paranoid fortress of filesystems. Btrfs is the scrappy upstart built into your kernel. Here's which one belongs in your home lab.

IPFS: Peer-to-Peer File Storage for People Who've Seen Too Many 404s

Learn IPFS distributed storage: content addressing, CIDs, installing the IPFS daemon, pinning files, public gateways, and real use cases for resilient self-hosted file storage.

Disk Space Tools in 2026: Beyond du and df

du and df still work, but Rust-era tools like dust, duf, and fclones make disk triage faster and way less painful in 2026.

Tmpfs vs Ramfs: When Your Disk Is Too Slow and Your RAM Is Just Sitting There

Tmpfs vs ramfs on Linux: mount RAM-backed filesystems for blazing-fast temp storage. Covers fstab, Docker tmpfs mounts, CI/CD use cases, and the key differences.

Why Self-Hosted Apps Lose Data After Updates

You updated your container and your database is gone. Here's the volume permission mistake killing your data.

MinIO vs SeaweedFS: Self-Hosted S3 Storage Without AWS Bills

MinIO vs SeaweedFS compared for self-hosted S3 storage: setup, performance, Docker Compose configs, S3 API compatibility, and which one fits your home lab or production workload.

MinIO + Nextcloud: S3-Compatible Storage That's Actually Yours

Replace Nextcloud's local filesystem with MinIO as an S3-compatible backend. Full Docker setup, bucket policies, performance tuning, and why this scales better.

LVM Advanced: Snapshots, Thin Provisioning, and Not Losing Your Data

Master LVM snapshots and thin provisioning on Linux. Learn to create, use, and merge snapshots for backups, and over-provision storage safely.

Docker Volumes vs Bind Mounts: Where Your Data Actually Lives

Docker volumes vs bind mounts explained: named volumes, anonymous volumes, bind mounts, and tmpfs. Real examples for databases, dev workflows, and production.