Storage
BTRFS disk errors to fall asleep to
Inspired by a true story.
I built the worst Jellyfin media server
This experiment is brought to you by absurd memory prices.
Testing two 18 TB white label SATA hard drives from datablocks.dev
It has been 0 days since the last change to my home server.
Samsung 870 QVO 4TB SATA SSD-s: how are they doing after 4 years of use?
How much damage can a self-hosting enthusiast do to a quartet of Samsung SSD-s after 4 years?
Lenovo ThinkCentre M900 Tiny: how does it fare as a home server?
I was itching for a new project, so I got one.
IODD ST400 review: great idea, good product, terrible firmware
I bought and tested a Ventoy-like device that allows you to boot all sorts of installation media and operating systems, all on one device.
What I’ve learned running Linux and Windows off of USB flash drives
I took some USB flash drives I had around and put Windows and Linux on them, here’s how it went.
Tiered storage: use the right tool for the job
A short ramble about something I realized over the years with my self-hosting setup.
Shrinkflation, SanDisk style
A cheap USB stick and the marketing around it caused disappointment, more at 11.
Testing a cheap ExpressCard to NVMe SSD adapter on my ThinkPad T430
I got curious about an ExpressCard to NVMe M.2 NGFF adapter I saw on Reddit, so I got one to try out myself, ending up with a total of 4 SSD-s on my ThinkPad T430. Yes, four.
Tech tip: eliminate HDD humming noise
Silence your hard drives with this one weird trick! System administrators hate him!
What running out of SATA ports looks like
How I slapped two hard drives on a long PCIe x1 card.
Stupid project ideas: the War Machine
Maybe not stupid, but definitely stupid expensive.
Disk is OK
It’s all good, man.