FreeNAS vs. UnRAID: What are the Differences?
To the outside world, FreeNAS (TrueNAS) and UnRAID appear far more alike than different. In effect, they are. Both are operating systems that allow you to leverage your own hardware as a NAS (Network...
A Brief History of the Floppy Disk
Ah, the floppy disk. How I miss thee. How I don't. There was a certain tactile pleasure to inserting you into your drive, and in the early days, locking you in place. The audible...
TrueNAS vs. FreeNAS: What is the Difference?
Alas, dear reader, the title of this article is a bit misleading. There is no longer a NAS operating system named FreeNAS, nor one named simply TrueNAS. They exist under new monikers, but it's...
What is RAID 10? Speed and Fault Tolerance
RAID (Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks) is the combining of multiple disks to mimic a single physical storage device. Depending on the type, or "level", RAID increases performance, capacity, or fault tolerance, or some...
What is Whistleblowing, and How to Remain Anonymous
Whistleblowing is a catch-all term for disclosing wrongdoing in an organization. Not everyone will agree it’s for the greater good, so to be safe you need to be anonymous. Here’s how.
Types of Whistleblowing
Whistleblowing is...
What is RAID 0? All Speed, No Safety
RAID (Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks) is the combining of multiple disks to mimic a single physical storage device. Depending on the type, or "level", RAID increases performance, capacity, and fault tolerance in some...
What is Btrfs? The Better (than most) File System
Btrfs may be a "better" file system next to everything except ZFS, but what Btr actually stands for is not "better", or "butter", but B-Tree, a data construct employed in the design. Now that...
What is RAID 50? RAID 0 Speed, RAID 5 Parity
RAID (Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks) is the combining of multiple disks to mimic a single hardware storage device. Depending on the type, or "level", RAID increases performance, capacity, and fault tolerance in some...
What is RAID 5? Good Speed, Safety through Parity
RAID (Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks) is the combining of multiple disks to mimic a single physical storage device. Depending on the type, or "level", RAID can increase performance, capacity, fault tolerance, or combinations...
What is iSCSI and What Do You Do With It?
I SCSI'd, you SCSI'd, we all SCSI'd (pronounced Scuzzy). In the days of ribbon cables, SCSI (Small Computer Systems Interface) was the end-all of storage and peripheral interfaces. Everyone computing at the time had...
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A Brief History of the Floppy Disk
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