Why I Switched to Synology

I like working & playing with storage…all kinds of storage: Local storage (old RAID with spindle HDDs, solid state drives), networked storage, cloud storage, storage ALL THE THINGS. My lab (and home environment) has changed throughout the years and I’ve used several different products. To order from length of time used would look something like this: FreeNAS Plain Windows Server (and Storage Spaces) since…who’s better at SMB than, well, Windows? StarWind Virtual SAN VMware vSAN … Read more…

Powershell Duplicate file Cleanup for Plex Camera Uploads

Some time ago, my wife had her phone stolen and we had not setup any sort of backup for the pictures, so a good number of photos and videos of our kids were lost that day. We now both use Google devices, so we have automatic backup to Drive for free, but I didn’t want to rely only on that. Enter Plex Camera Upload We use Plex a lot in our house – one of … Read more…

FreeNAS Firmware Version does not Match

If you are using an LSI HBA in your FreeNAS system and you’ve updated your installation any time recently, you’ve no doubt run into the error on FreeNAS Firmware Version does not Match – this started early with 9.3 when the warning system checked for the mismatch between the driver that shipped with the OS and the firmware on your HBA. When you see this warning, the driver version is indicated – to determine the … Read more…