OpenMediaVault Update
About a month ago I got OpenMediaVault up and running on a Raspberry Pi. It worked until the disk failed so I ended up redoing it all with a real computer and a better disk. I also added a backup disk...
View ArticleTrueNAS Testing
After my experiments with OpenMediaVault (and success) I decided to try out TrueNAS Scale. The first thing I noticed about TrueNAS is that it’s legit, and by that I mean it’s described as “Open...
View ArticleHP Z420 Workstation
Even though I’ve posted about NAS devices as far back as 2005 I’ve never really run one at home until recently. I got OpenMediaVault running and it worked well, so when I was offered a free computer...
View ArticleHP Z420 Setbacks…
I found some 3D models for hard drive caddies and one was not great and the second was not great but okay so I tweaked it a bit. Still not perfect, but good enough for now. I was able to get the three...
View ArticleHP Z420 Progress…
Hey, I don’t know anything about computers! Just kidding, but when it comes to “PC hardware” it sometimes feels like it. We got past the previous setbacks and progress is being made. One thing I...
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