Synology DSM7 has introduced stricter restrictions on what packages are allowed to do. When DSM6 is used, Tailscale runs as root with full privileges and these steps are not required. By default, Tailscale on Synology with DSM7 only allows inbound… Read More »Activate outgoing Synology connections for tailscale
Unraid is an operating system for network storage solutions and servers developed by Lime Technology. It enables the combination of different hard disks with different capacities and types into a single, coherent data storage with parity protection. Unraid is also… Read More »How much RAM does unRaid need?
The company was founded in 1991 by James Dyson and is world-famous for its vacuum cleaners and fans. They stand for quality and design, which is not cheap. The founder announced in 2017 that they wanted to launch a functional… Read More »The history of the Dyson electric car
All Synology NAS have an internal firewall that is responsible for blocking IP addresses that have too many failed login attempts, for example. The NAS does this consistently. But of course it is even more practical if the attacker does… Read More »Synology NAS: Automatically import IP blocklists
The NAS or home server operating system unRaid is installed on a USB stick and also booted from there. All other data such as Docker containers or virtual machines are not stored on the USB stick. This data is stored… Read More »Unraid USB stick size: How big the boot USB stick must be for Unraid
The Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) is used in computer networks to exchange information and error messages via the Internet Protocol (IP). It is also used, for example, to check the availability of network shares. To allow these pings to… Read More »Synology: Allow incoming ICMP pings in the firewall
Pihole, as the name suggests, is actually designed for the Raspberry Pi. The software is also available as Docker and can be installed on a Unraid server. The people who know what Pihole is, can simply skip the following point.… Read More »Install PiHole on your unRaid Server
Does Unraid need a graphics card (GPU)? And if not, why do so many users have a powerful graphics card installed? Unraid servers are often used not only as storage or application servers. With Unraid you can e.g. set up… Read More »Does Unraid need a graphics card (GPU)?
Ubuntu and Ubuntu Desktop is one of the most popular Linux distributions. Node.js is a cross-platform open source JavaScript runtime that can execute JavaScript code outside of a web browser and is often used for REST-APIS, but also entire web… Read More »Install Node.JS on Ubuntu Server (Terminal)
Unraid is completely installed on a USB stick and boots from it. Without this USB stick Unraid does not work. Therefore, you should use an appropriate USB stick that does not fail so quickly. Below are some recommendations and tips… Read More »Unraid Usb Stick recommendations
