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Short and clear: which type of Nextcloud installation should I choose - LXC, VM or Docker?

Nextcloud is a popular solution for creating your own cloud data storage. In this article, we will look at various ways to install Nextcloud, their pros and cons. To begin with, there are several ways to install Nextcloud: directly on the server, in a virtual machine, in Docker manually or in Docker via the automatic AIO stack. You can also install Nextcloud in an LXC container. Nextcloud is a popular solution for creating your own cloud data storage. In this article, we will look at various ...
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Short and sweet: how to choose a RAID/HBA controller for the server

RAID controllers have not left and are not going to, on the contrary, hardware controllers for NVME and PCI Express drives (including M2 format drives) are entering the market. The abundance of drives and software features of RAID/HBA make you approach this choice as responsibly as possible, otherwise you may lose data. RAID controllers have not left and are not going to, on the contrary, hardware controllers for NVME and PCI Express drives (including M2 format drives) are entering the ...
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Server fans: what they are, how they work

Server fans play a key role in maintaining the temperature at an optimal level. They operate at high speeds to ensure sufficient airflow within the server system, thereby cooling it. Most server fans are designed to operate at different speeds, which significantly enhances their efficiency. This means that when the server system is under load, the server fans operate at higher speeds to increase cooling, and when the load is light, the speed decreases. The main function of server fans is to ...
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What can Synology be replaced with in the conditions of sanctions. Part 2: Choosing a software

... Next Cloud? In general, perhaps Nextcloud is able to replace Synology ... is quite capable of replacing Synology Media Server. It is better to ... Backups of the server itself to the cloud or to a ... third-party server . You will ... here: everyone wants money for VMware backups, and only  Vincin ... to any ultimate solution that could replace Synology Notes.  Standard Notes   ... use both. Access via the cloud (analogous to Quickconnect). I ... core virtual machine in the cloud with a dedicated IP ...
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What can Synology be replaced with in the conditions of sanctions. Part 1: Choosing a stable platform.

... of server platforms or self-assembled computers. For two decades, Synology has ... surveillance with cascading, powerful backup server and fast deployment with easy ... ;gray IP" through the cloud. Synology even has  2-controller NAS ... unpleasant. And this is on server hardware with ECC-tested memory ... and server-class disks. Fourth, the ... modern hardware installed in the server (unlike VMware ESXi). In the Proxmox ... , it's cloud management support for accessing the server behind a NAT ...
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Exclusive interview with Synology GmbH CEO Jeffrey Huang

Will Vendor Lock be implemented, how did the company survive the mining fever, how does it look at Web3 and decentralization, ZFS and RAID 2.0+, will DSM be sold separately? We are talking about this and other topics with the CEO of Synology. - I would like to start the conversation with a question about the home user market. When Synology was just starting out, the NAS was a mystery to the average person, and most PC and laptop owners did not understand what it was for. Now, after so many ...
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Impregnable NAS: hardening and protecting Synology

... Synology NAS can act as both a client and a VPN server ... Modern processors on which Synology NASS are built support ... used for Linux clients and VMware ESXi hypervisors, is also ... when replicating to a remote server to protect against interception. ... entire NAS to the Synology C2 cloud service. It's cheap ... , practical, convenient, and plus Synology ... cloud, but in order not to forget encryption passwords, Synology ... offers to use its own cloud service  C2 ...
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Synology RS4021xs+review. An inexpensive NAS that has everything!

... general file sharing needs. Synology nass perform such tasks independently ... that the customer who purchases Synology RS40xx already understands which ... possible without disassembling the entire server case. In general, thanks ... is not specified what technologies Synology used to achieve advantages ... support saving data to the cloud, so Synology's 1-2-3 ... Backup utility. Synology is actively promoting its own C2 cloud service, through ... NFS for connecting, for example, VMware or OpenStack storage, AFP for ...
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Lenovo ThinkAgile VX3320 review - a hyperconverged solution for simplified enterprise-wide vSAN deployment

Hyperconverged systems are rapidly gaining popularity and are already becoming the standard for building virtualization platforms in the corporate environment. Lenovo has released a special series of servers for installing and running VMware vSAN with tools for simplified administration and deployment at the customer's facility. The ideology of hyperconvergent solutions using VMware technologies has its advantages: this is a relatively low cost at the start, and the ability to scale almost ...
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Quarkus deconstructed: building modernized Java for the future

Quarkus is driving Java-based applications and services into the future. More specifically, the Quarkus framework is helping to drive Java-coded assets into a future that is positively populated with the computing advantages that come from the use of serverless, cloud and Kubernetes environments. Quarkus is driving Java-based applications and services into the future. More specifically, the Quarkus framework is helping to drive Java-coded assets into a future that is positively populated ...