Daily Archives: 03/14/2026

FreeBSD: Home NAS, Part 13: Planning Data Storage and Backups
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14 March 2026

When I was just starting to build my NAS and thinking about backups, everything seemed pretty simple: there’s a work laptop with data, there’s a FreeBSD server for the NAS – just take and copy the data. So the initial idea was to have backup script(s) on Linux hosts that would push data to the… Read More: FreeBSD: Home NAS, Part 13: Planning Data Storage and Backups0… »

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MikroTik: WireGuard VPN Setup and Linux Peer Configuration
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14 March 2026

Another one of the many nice features of MikroTik – built-in WireGuard support (although even cheap TP-Link Archers have it). In my setup, the MikroTik RB4011 acts as a “VPN Hub” – all clients connect to it and are united into a single network, and the role of VPN is slightly exaggerated is genuinely important… Read More: MikroTik: WireGuard VPN Setup and Linux Peer Configuration0 (0) »

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Backblaze: A First Look at B2 Cloud Storage
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14 March 2026

This post is technically part of the home NAS setup series on FreeBSD (see the beginning here – FreeBSD: Home NAS, part 1 – ZFS mirror setup), but I’ll publish it separately. I already have backup automation configured (there will be posts about that too), and right now data from the NAS is pushed to… Read More: Backblaze: A First Look at B2 Cloud Storage0 (0) »

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FreeBSD: Home NAS, part 12: synchronizing data with Syncthing
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14 March 2026

I’m gradually getting closer to wrapping up the home NAS setup on FreeBSD. There’s already a ZFS pool, datasets, and monitoring – time to start setting up backup automation. But what seemed pretty simple at first – “just copy the needed directories from the work laptop” – turned out to be an increasingly interesting problem… Read More: FreeBSD: Home NAS, part 12: synchronizing data with Syncthing0 (0) »

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