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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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What can Synology be replaced with in the conditions of sanctions. Part 2: Choosing a software

... difference? Proxmox, unlike Synology DSM, supports LXC container virtualization, but does not ... yet encountered this type of virtualization. There are many articles ... it, and for some, Docker virtualization is contraindicated, and there are ... here: everyone wants money for VMware backups, and only  Vincin Backup ... one method - using a hardware RAID controller where the disk load ... with deep knowledge of Linux, virtualization and file systems. The ... 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.

... services, including those related to virtualization, video surveillance, backups and ... in a virtual machine under VMware ESX (including also on ... and illogically. Bhyve hardware virtualization is not viable, there are ... RAID again. In general, all those rakes that the programmers of Synology ... installed in the server (unlike VMware ESXi). In the Proxmox ... 5 years of working with VMware ESX, I don't ... enterprise-class hardware virtualization Docker + LXC container virtualization with direct access ...
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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!

... This is usually achieved through read caching algorithms, but in some ... in RAID arrays. It is not specified what technologies Synology used ... for the built-in virtualization tools, Synology allows you to build ... NFS for connecting, for example, VMware or OpenStack storage, AFP for ... operate in two modes: read-only and read/write. In the ... 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 latest innovations in the 7th version of DSM for business users: here you will find support for the Fibre Channel Protocol, acceleration of RAID functions, a redesigned SSD cache, and a new infrastructure monitoring tool... I'm not wrong to say that Synology's DSM 7.0 has become one of the most anticipated operating systems in the world (along with iOS and Android), and is certainly the most desired release in the world of storage systems. In the spirit of modernity, "seven" ...
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Synology FlashStation FS6400 review - testing speed and getting to know Synology branded SSDs

... SSD bays and built-in virtualization. We will test how ... local services to storage using virtualization or Docker, while the ... high response stability in random read and write tasks, and are ... Of course, it seemed that virtualization through Docker and Virtual Machine ... Here are some examples: Failover Virtualization Cluster Synology MailPlus - testing a failover ... with VMware infrastructure, you can take advantage of the free Synology Storage ... 3 x Synology SAT 5200, 480Gb, RAID5 BTRFS OS: VMware ESXi 6 ...