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Minisforum N5 Air Review: More Power Than You Expect From a Barebones NAS
The N5 Air packs a surprising amount of power and expandability into a barebones NAS. The Ryzen 7 255 outperforms processors in NAS units costing significantly more, and the cooling keeps it running without throttling. The slide-out…
9 min read
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Proxmox Backup Server 3-2-1 Part 1: USB Removable Datastores
Start a 3-2-1 backup: pass a USB drive to your Proxmox Backup Server VM, create a removable datastore, and run a real disaster-recovery drill to prove it works.
proxmox · proxmox-backup-server · backup
~35 minDifficulty: beginner
Tutorial
Ventoy Multi OS Boot
A guide to creating a multi-boot USB drive using Ventoy.
storage
~9 minDifficulty: beginner
Tutorial
Mount Physical Drive
How to mount a physical drive in WSL
storage
~8 minDifficulty: advanced
Tutorial
Nvidia Driver Installation
How to install NVIDIA GPU drivers for Ubuntu and Debian — covers disabling Secure Boot, adding the graphics-drivers PPA, installing the driver, and verifying with nvidia-smi.
nvidia · storage
~3 minDifficulty: beginner
Tutorial
Backup and Restore MDADM Raid
A guide to backing up and restoring MDADM RAID arrays after an OS reinstall, including how to reassemble the array, add a spare drive, and mount via fstab.
backup · storage · homelab
~5 minDifficulty: advanced
Tutorial
Ubuntu Samba Share
A guide to setting up a secured Samba share on Ubuntu with username/password authentication, covering installation, configuration, permissions, and mounting the drive on both Windows and Linux.
ubuntu · storage
~10 minDifficulty: intermediate
Tutorial
Proxmox - Pass HDD to Container
Step-by-step guide for mounting a physical drive (SSD/HDD) to a Proxmox LXC container using the host configuration and mount points.
proxmox · storage · homelab
~3 minDifficulty: intermediate