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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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5 free services for your docker server

In this article, we will look at 5 software services that you can install through Docker to facilitate the maintenance of your servers. This software stack is a Must Have for a small infrastructure using Docker (Swarm). In this article, we will look at 5 software services that you can install through Docker to facilitate the maintenance of your servers. This software stack is a Must Have for a small infrastructure using Docker (Swarm). 1. Watchtower This software package automatically ...
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What can Synology be replaced with in the conditions of sanctions. Part 2: Choosing a software

... LXC and Docker, what's really the difference? Proxmox, unlike Synology DSM ... , supports LXC container virtualization, but does not have native Docker ... software. The closest thing to Synology HyperBackup is the  Duplicati   ... here: everyone wants money for VMware backups, and only  Vincin Backup ... ultimate solution that could replace Synology Notes.  Standard Notes  is ... one method - using a hardware RAID controller where the disk load ... drives, mixing ZFS and hardware RAID, and you will never run ...
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What can Synology be replaced with in the conditions of sanctions. Part 1: Choosing a stable platform.

... via Docker or in a virtual machine, and its own RAID with ... the operating system logical disks (RAID arrays) and disks themselves (Raw ... RAID again. In general, all those rakes that the programmers of Synology ... installed in the server (unlike VMware ESXi). In the Proxmox VE ... nature, and without Docker, go set up your Synology analog... You can ... machines and container images. Basically, read operations will be performed here ... and hardware, especially since modern RAID controllers give flexibility in choosing ...
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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

A modern NAS is quite capable of protecting itself from most attacks and guaranteeing not only the continuity of the service, but also the inviolability of the stored data. Even with minimal settings and following the manufacturer's recommendations, the NAS can become an impregnable fortress for an attacker, so reliable that you can connect the device directly to the Internet without a Firewall, leave it literally in an unguarded place (which is important for peripheral installations), being ...
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Synology RS4021xs+review. An inexpensive NAS that has everything!

... in Docker. Perhaps today it is more correct to refer Synology ... This is usually achieved through read caching algorithms, but in some ... in RAID arrays. It is not specified what technologies Synology used ... NFS for connecting, for example, VMware or OpenStack storage, AFP for ... operate in two modes: read-only and read/write. In the ... into more complex arrays, including RAID 5, the main thing ... minutes after startup. As for read/write caching, the behavior ... and then 2 SSDs in read/write cache mode, combining ...
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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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What's new in Synology DSM 7? We analyze 7 improvements for a business customer

... the description of innovations that Synology provided to journalists takes up ... how to configure deduplication via Docker two years ago (unfortunately, ... of a virtual machine from VMWare ESXi directly to the ... Synology Virtual Machine Manager allows you to migrate virtual machines from VMware ... in the SSD read/write cache fails, Synology DSM automatically resets ... of the performance of RAID arrays in Synology. But to maintain ... providers (which Gartner quotes above Synology), this service is usually ...
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