How can I troubleshoot a Limine BIOS boot failure on a GPT system?
My Gentoo server suddenly stopped booting. It is an HP ProLiant ML310e G8 from 2012 running in legacy BIOS mode, with Gentoo installed on a ZFS RAID-Z1 pool.…
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How can I troubleshoot a BIOS-mode Limine installation that suddenly stopped booting?
My HP ProLiant ML310e G8 server uses legacy BIOS rather than UEFI. It runs Gentoo with ZFS RAID-Z1, and the system boots from a 3.7 GB SD card.…
Which filesystem should I use for long-term storage on a desktop HDD?
I bought an 8TB IronWolf hard drive for storing data copied from several 1TB drives. The plan is to keep additional copies in different locations, and I may…
Which filesystem should I use for long-term storage on a single desktop drive?
I bought an 8 TB IronWolf HDD and plan to consolidate data from several 1 TB drives onto it. The data includes photos, videos, projects, and other files,…
Should I replace our ZFS file servers to improve Veeam backups?
Our consulting engineering company stores its on-premises data on two Ubuntu file servers, each using two ZFS RAIDZ2 pools of roughly 150 TB. The pools are currently about…
Should I replace my ZFS file servers to simplify Veeam backups?
Our consulting engineering company stores its data on-premises. We currently have two production Ubuntu file servers and two replicas, using two ZFS RAIDZ2 pools of roughly 150 TB…
What RAID setup makes sense for a budget-friendly home lab hypervisor?
I recently picked up an older Dell PowerEdge for a home lab and plan to run a hypervisor such as Proxmox, Nutanix, or CloudStack, although I have not…
What RAID setup makes sense for a budget-friendly home lab hypervisor?
I'm setting up an older Dell PowerEdge as a home-lab server and plan to run a hypervisor such as Proxmox, Nutanix, or CloudStack, although I haven't chosen one…
Do Jump Boxes Require ECC RAM and ZFS?
I'm curious about whether Jump Boxes really need ECC RAM and ZFS. Can I use a regular consumer-grade laptop for this purpose, or are those features essential?
Is Learning Non-UNIX Operating Systems Like FreeBSD Worth It?
Hey everyone! I'm diving into some of the less common operating systems, and right now I'm particularly interested in FreeBSD. I want to experiment with features like jails…
How to Maintain an SSD That Isn't Used Often?
I've come across information that suggests SSDs can lose data if they're not used for a long time. What are the best practices for keeping an SSD in…
Is it a good idea to use ZFS on a KVM virtual machine with direct disk access?
I'm currently running a backup server on Debian 13 that has a ZFS pool with two mirrored disks. I'm considering virtualizing this backup server and directly passing /dev/sdb…
What's the Best File System for a 600TB NAS Setup?
Hey folks! We're a research group that just got a really big NAS unit with 34 disks, each having 20TB of storage. We're aiming to centralize all our…
What's the Best File System for a 600TB NAS Setup?
Hi everyone! Our research group recently got a NAS with 34 disks, each 20TB, totaling 600TB of storage. We're looking to consolidate all our research data, which is…
How to Handle File Access from a Storage Server with ZFS and ECC
I'm curious about the implications of working with files stored on a server that uses ZFS and ECC. If someone accesses a file from that server using a…