For a while, HP micro servers were very popular for NAS operation, especially with FreeNAS and then TrueNAS, the small cubes offered themselves: up to 4 cores (in the cheap model by exchanging the ...
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Nginx hosting: common commands
If you host your blog yourself, you will need some commands from time to time. To avoid having to google it every time, I created this overview that serves several purposes. It can be used no matter ...
Continue readingFritz!Box Smarthome integrate with Apple HomeKit: Homebridge
If you use an AVM Fritz!Box, you can also use it to control suitable Smarthome devices, especially smart radiator valves. The disadvantage: AVM does not support Homekit integration out of the box, so practical functions like turning off the heating after everyone in the household ...
Continue readingHost WordPress blog at home in 3 steps
If you run a small private blog like this one and have a fast enough internet connection (especially the upload is important), you can consider hosting it directly at home. This has some advantages, ...
Continue readingTrueNAS: Easily set up ZFS replication over Wireguard VPN
Wireguard has also found its way into TrueNAS (previously FreeNAS) via FreeBSD. Although there is no interface to configure it directly, a suitable configuration file can be loaded via a post-init script and then provides ...
Continue readingFrom version 12: FreeNAS becomes TrueNAS
FreeNAS has been a popular storage solution for years, even for home use - I myself have been using the system with four hard disks in HP Proliant microservers for several years. With version 12 FreeNAS now becomes ...
Continue readingEmail Archiving with MailStore Home Portable
Despite the spread of messengers such as WhatsApp or Telegram, the classic mail has not yet had its day - day by day there are more and more mails lying dormant in the inbox. Whether it's a booking confirmation for the next ...
Continue readingBandwidth management in the home office
If you normally upload large amounts of data while you are not at home, you may have a problem with the cloud upstream or backup replication in times of home office. Likewise, it can lead to problems when family members upload large amounts of data in parallel....
Continue readingFreeNAS 11.3 released: faster ZFS replication
iXsystems has released FreeNAS 11.3, the latest version of the free NAS operating system. Using FreeNAS, an existing x86 system can be turned into a network attached storage with various plugins and shares. The ZFS file system is used, which together with the ...
Continue readingFreeNAS: ZFS Replication via Wireguard
So far I have used OpenVPN to synchronize my two FreeNAS boxes. Wireguard is a fast alternative, but a bit more complicated to set up. ZFS Replication is a handy tool to synchronize data between two FreeNAS installations.
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