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Tag: truenas

TrueNAS Connect Open Beta Just Dropped and its A Game-Changer for Home and Enterprise NAS
home lab

TrueNAS Connect Open Beta Just Dropped and its A Game-Changer for Home and Enterprise NAS

In case you haven’t seen the news, TrueNAS announced a new open beta of a new and exciting app called, TrueNAS Connect. It is a hosted, management interface that is…

by Brandon LeeOctober 14, 2025October 14, 2025
Minisforum N5 Pro NAS might replace our home lab servers with AI storage?
home lab

Minisforum N5 Pro NAS might replace our home lab servers with AI storage?

I have to say that this is one that I am really excited about. The Minisforum N5 Pro NAS will be Minisforum’s first foray into the NAS world. However, they…

by Brandon LeeMay 1, 2025May 1, 2025
TrueNAS on Proxmox Installation and Configuration Steps
Proxmox

TrueNAS on Proxmox Installation and Configuration Steps

Combining TrueNAS with Proxmox is a great way for many to access virtualized storage environments. These integrations combine TrueNAS’s reliable storage capabilities and Proxmox’s virtualization features. Both of these are…

by Brandon LeeMay 1, 2024May 1, 2024
How to Downsize your Home Lab
home lab

How to Downsize your Home Lab

Running your own home lab, where you manage your own server, can be fun and exciting. These can be used for learning, experimenting, or managing personal data and services; your…

by Brandon LeeMarch 13, 2024March 13, 2024
TrueNAS Virtual Machine Configuration: Step-by-Step Tips
home lab

TrueNAS Virtual Machine Configuration: Step-by-Step Tips

TrueNAS provides a powerful platform for running a homelab. It provides a “LAN in a CAN” approach to running everything from NAS storage, virtual machines, and containerized applications, including vanilla…

by Brandon LeeNovember 22, 2023December 18, 2023
NFS Subdir External Provisioner: Connect Your NAS with Kubernetes
Kubernetes

NFS Subdir External Provisioner: Connect Your NAS with Kubernetes

One of the cool things I have done recently in the lab is working with shared storage class configurations with Kubernetes persistent volumes. I recently set up an NFS share…

by Brandon LeeNovember 13, 2023August 20, 2024
TrueNAS vs Synology: Best Network Attached Storage
Self hosted

TrueNAS vs Synology: Best Network Attached Storage

I have been testing a lot lately with TrueNAS Scale as I decided to install it on bare-metal on an older Supermicro from which I had migrated my VMware vSphere…

by Brandon LeeNovember 8, 2023December 29, 2023
TrueNAS Docker Compose with Scale Apps and Truecharts
Storage

TrueNAS Docker Compose with Scale Apps and Truecharts

TrueNAS can truly be a LAN in a CAN solution as it can run virtual machines and even Docker containers which you may not have realized. Let’s look at this…

by Brandon LeeMarch 29, 2023August 5, 2024
Truenas Core vs. Scale – A detailed comparison
Storage

Truenas Core vs. Scale – A detailed comparison

TrueNAS has made a name for itself as a great all around solution for not only storage but also running workloads itself like virtual machines and even Docker containers. There…

by Brandon LeeMarch 28, 2023August 5, 2024
Add iSCSI Shared Storage to VMware ESXi-Arm
ESXi on ARM

Add iSCSI Shared Storage to VMware ESXi-Arm

One of the exciting things in the home lab as of late is the ESXi-ARM fling that I have installed on my Raspberry Pi 4 test box. After installing the…

by Brandon LeeOctober 22, 2020November 8, 2023

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