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Setting up a free micro-cloud using the Terramaster F2-423

... the problems of BTRFS with RAID, then I hasten to ... and thirdly, for building a RAID array Terramaster uses LVM version ... following path relative to the root: /Volume1/folder name (note – ... 3 (optional) – install our own cloud "office" Onlyoffice Docs ... recommend that you select processing these functions in 1 thread ... new NAS, you will only need to change the paths to these ... disk array is protected with RAID, we have one of ... services and software r/selfhosted - Reddit community Terramaster F2-423 is ...
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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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QNAP TS-262 - Little hero of a small office

... s, and the data transfer rate to the expansion card is ... ones to install in RAID-1 and read/write caching from SSDs ... for the needs of software RAID and data exchange over SMB ... and a decent number of these other destinations are supported. This ... QNAP NAS, an FTP/RSYNC/Samba server and 40 different cloud providers ... different programs are responsible for these functions - the antivirus can be ... here. The difference between these formats is that in the ... are less memory-demanding and take up less disk space. ...
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What can Synology be replaced with in the conditions of sanctions. Part 2: Choosing a software

... an easy, but doable task that can be completed in ... . For example, let's take 8 HDDs on which the ... you pull out one of these disks on a disabled ... select services granularly for the task. What and why do I ... on the network on the NAS . There is an even ... to any ultimate solution that could replace Synology Notes.  Standard ... months after I ran the NAS on myself. At first, ... significantly ahead of Synology's NAS, and gives unlimited opportunities ... method - using a hardware RAID controller where the disk load ...
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Terra Master F2-221 2-bay NAS review - an inexpensive solution for the home/SOHO

... inexpensive NAS that has Plex, Owncloud, Nextcloud services, supports Docker, cloud ... the administrative password to the NAS, the manufacturer can restore ... device. Security features The NAS has the necessary and sufficient ... backup tools. Among the standard NAS applications, qBittorrent (default password admin ... flexibility, but copes with its task. Docker Last but not least ... the services implemented on the NAS can be installed and ... as an inexpensive little cold host with RAID, FTP and RSync support ...
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Discovering the features of QNAP QGD-3014 - a hybrid of a PoE switch and a NAS

... one of those. This is a typical 4-disk NAS for the ... spare cells of the drive, thus extending its service life. It ... 3014, although we will not touch on this, since the features ... LCD screen or monitor. For these needs, the QGD-3014 ... can change manually. By default, these two internal network controllers connect ... of view, the NAS is exactly what should take root in Edge conditions ... from a single interface. For those who like to hide clients ... time to release a single cloud service for monitoring and predictive ...
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Using the ECS Liva Q1 micro-computer as a home server

Today we will talk about the ECS Liva Q1 micro-computer, a model for office tasks with a 4-core Pentium N4200 processor, 4 GB of RAM, Wi-Fi 802.11n and two 1GBase-T network ports, which is ideal for creating an Edge server for VPN, Wi-Fi, NAS and smart home. Today, during the shortage of computer components, against the background of the general rise in price of everything and everything, the computer has turned into the same luxury item as a sports car or a golf club subscription. However, ...
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Review of Icy Dock ICY Dock MB508SP-B - 8 bay cage for 2.5 inch SAS/SATA drives

Icy Dock company is the most famous manufacturer of disk cages for HDD and SSD, widely known for its series of metal cases for hard drives ToughArmor, which could drive a car without damaging the drives. Today, when it seems that the world has already completely switched to SSD, and Name M.2 boards are replacing SATA SSDs, there are still reasons for choosing 2.5-inch hard drives. This is a relatively inexpensive volume, which is provided by SATA models with a capacity of 4 TB, and high ...
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Review of ASRock Rack EPC621D6U-2T16R server motherboard for 30+ drives

Extremely interesting server motherboard of Micro ATX format with built-in SAS controller. It can connect 30 SATA devices plus 1 NVME plus PCI Express via the Slimline port and output data via the integrated Intel X550-T2 10 Gigabit LAN controller. Today we are reviewing the ASRockRack motherboard, which is designed for those who assemble a Big Data server or storage system for hundreds of Terabytes. The EPC621D6U-2T16R model resembles the previously considered That is, using only one ...