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"url": "https://louwrentius.com/script-that-shows-smart-values-of-all-disks.html", "published_at": "2013-10-04T23:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0879c-ab3d-72bb-938f-5f6400ba87e2", "title": "Script that shows relevant disk information", "url": "https://louwrentius.com/script-that-shows-relevant-disk-information.html", "published_at": "2013-10-01T23:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0879c-ab3d-72bb-938f-5f6400f9b47d", "title": "Finding a good blu-ray player for Mac OS X", "url": "https://louwrentius.com/finding-a-good-blu-ray-player-for-mac-os-x.html", "published_at": "2013-09-22T16:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0879c-ab3d-72bb-938f-5f6401e025c5", "title": "Linux: script that creates table of network interface properties", "url": "https://louwrentius.com/linux-script-that-creates-table-of-network-interface-properties.html", "published_at": "2013-08-14T22:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0879c-ab3d-72bb-938f-5f6402ca6ecf", "title": "How to compile HAProxy from source and setup a basic configuration", "url": "https://louwrentius.com/how-to-compile-haproxy-from-source-and-setup-a-basic-configuration.html", "published_at": "2013-08-13T23:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0879c-ab3d-72bb-938f-5f6403420ca8", "title": "Redhat explains why chroot is not a security feature", "url": "https://louwrentius.com/redhat-explains-why-chroot-is-not-a-security-feature.html", "published_at": "2013-08-07T11:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0879c-ab3d-72bb-938f-5f6403bb9814", "title": "overview of open-source load balancers", "url": "https://louwrentius.com/overview-of-open-source-load-balancers.html", "published_at": "2013-08-07T10:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0879c-ab3d-72bb-938f-5f6404886e4c", "title": "I switched my blog from Blogofile to Pelican", "url": "https://louwrentius.com/i-switched-my-blog-from-blogofile-to-pelican.html", "published_at": "2013-08-06T01:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0879c-ab3d-72bb-938f-5f6404fa67c0", "title": "Using iSCSI with time machine and Super Duper", "url": "https://louwrentius.com/using-iscsi-with-time-machine-and-super-duper.html", "published_at": "2013-07-21T14:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0879c-ab3d-72bb-938f-5f64054e4262", "title": "Don't use cloud services if you care about secrecy of your data", "url": "https://louwrentius.com/dont-use-cloud-services-if-you-care-about-secrecy-of-your-data.html", "published_at": "2013-06-30T14:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0879c-ab3d-72bb-938f-5f640573957f", "title": "Why I believe the new Mac Pro won't be a great machine for gaming", "url": "https://louwrentius.com/why-i-believe-the-new-mac-pro-wont-be-a-great-machine-for-gaming.html", "published_at": "2013-06-22T22:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0879c-ab3d-72bb-938f-5f640628e968", "title": "Improving iSCSI Native Multi Pathing Round Robin performance", "url": "https://louwrentius.com/improving-iscsi-native-multi-pathing-round-robin-performance.html", "published_at": "2013-05-26T22:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0879c-ab3d-72bb-938f-5f6406906047", "title": "Creating storage benchmark charts with FIO and GNUplot", "url": "https://louwrentius.com/creating-storage-benchmark-charts-with-fio-and-gnuplot.html", "published_at": "2013-05-22T18:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0879c-ab3d-72bb-938f-5f6406bec2a7", "title": "Linode hacked: the dark side of cloud hosting", "url": "https://louwrentius.com/linode-hacked-the-dark-side-of-cloud-hosting.html", "published_at": "2013-04-16T18:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0879c-ab3d-72bb-938f-5f6407be1ab8", "title": "Linode hacked: thoughts about cloud security", "url": "https://louwrentius.com/linode-hacked-thoughts-about-cloud-security.html", "published_at": "2013-04-15T22:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0879c-ab3d-72bb-938f-5f6408a4b3da", "title": "Storage and I/O: reads vs. writes", "url": "https://louwrentius.com/storage-and-io-reads-vs-writes.html", "published_at": "2013-04-01T22:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0879c-ab3d-72bb-938f-5f640938798f", "title": "Benchmark results of Random I/O performance of different RAID levels", "url": "https://louwrentius.com/benchmark-results-of-random-io-performance-of-different-raid-levels.html", "published_at": "2012-12-31T23:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0879c-ab3d-72bb-938f-5f6409871952", "title": "Statistics showing relevance of caching proxy", "url": "https://louwrentius.com/statistics-showing-relevance-of-caching-proxy.html", "published_at": "2012-12-18T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0879c-ab3d-72bb-938f-5f640a85fa66", "title": "Understanding IOPS, latency and storage performance", "url": "https://louwrentius.com/understanding-iops-latency-and-storage-performance.html", "published_at": "2012-11-25T20:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0879c-ab3d-72bb-938f-5f640ae80f55", "title": "Linux: get a list of al disks and their size", "url": "https://louwrentius.com/linux-get-a-list-of-al-disks-and-their-size.html", "published_at": "2012-11-25T01:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0879c-ab3d-72bb-938f-5f640b6f541c", "title": "Why VMware vSphere replication is changing the game", "url": "https://louwrentius.com/why-vmware-vsphere-replication-is-changing-the-game.html", "published_at": "2012-11-12T22:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0879c-ab3d-72bb-938f-5f640c2981aa", "title": "Personal Security: erase your computer or phone before repair", "url": "https://louwrentius.com/personal-security-erase-your-computer-or-phone-before-repair.html", "published_at": "2012-11-04T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0879c-ab3d-72bb-938f-5f640ca91561", "title": "Why I bought a digital projector (Panasonic PT-AT5000E)", "url": "https://louwrentius.com/why-i-bought-a-digital-projector-panasonic-pt-at5000e.html", "published_at": "2012-10-20T22:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0879c-ab3d-72bb-938f-5f640d17162e", "title": "Experiences running ZFS on Ubuntu Linux 12.04", "url": "https://louwrentius.com/experiences-running-zfs-on-ubuntu-linux-1204.html", "published_at": "2012-10-18T21:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0879c-ab3d-72bb-938f-5f640d61084b", "title": "Compiling Multicore PAR2 on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Precise Pangolin", "url": "https://louwrentius.com/compiling-multicore-par2-on-ubuntu-1204-lts-precise-pangolin.html", "published_at": "2012-09-15T23:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0879c-ab3d-72bb-938f-5f640e1c7bfa", "title": "Setting up a Squid proxy with Clamav anti-virus using c-icap", "url": "https://louwrentius.com/setting-up-a-squid-proxy-with-clamav-anti-virus-using-c-icap.html", "published_at": "2012-08-26T20:00:00+00:00" } ] posts Claim your blog

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2026

Improve privacy by running a DNS server without forwarder original ↗

25 Mar 2026

What will you do when AI runs out of money and disappear?original ↗

23 Jan 2026

KVM migration from intel to AMD fails with missing cmp_legacy feature (+ solution)original ↗

6 Jan 2026

2025

Sharing group_var variables across Ansible inventories original ↗

20 Dec 2025

Bose SoundLink on-ear headphones battery replacement original ↗

25 Feb 2025

2024

My 71 TiB ZFS NAS after 10 years and zero drive failures original ↗

14 Sept 2024

The Raspberry Pi 5 is no match for a tini-mini-micro PC original ↗

16 Jun 2024

AI is critically important but not for you original ↗

14 May 2024

How to run victron veconfigure on a mac original ↗

4 Mar 2024

2023

Tunneling Elixir cluster network traffic over Wireguard original ↗

7 Nov 2023

IKEA $50 VINDSTYRKA vs. $290 Dylos air quality monitor original ↗

17 Sept 2023

My solar-powered blog is now on Lithium Iron Phosphate original ↗

19 May 2023

I made my blog solar-powered, then things escalated original ↗

17 Apr 2023

Benchmarking cheap SSDs for fun, no profit (be warned)original ↗

26 Mar 2023

How to setup a local or private Ubuntu Mirror original ↗

18 Jan 2023

2022

I resurrected my Dutch movie review site from 2003 original ↗

9 Jun 2022

2021

An ode to the 10,000 RPM Western Digital (Veloci)Raptor original ↗

30 Oct 2021

Raspberry Pi as a router using a single network interface original ↗

29 Sept 2021

A practical understanding of lead acid batteries original ↗

29 Aug 2021

ZFS RAIDZ expansion is awesome but has a small caveat original ↗

22 Jun 2021

Recycle your old laptop display and turn it into a monitor original ↗

13 Mar 2021

Understanding the Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Server Autoinstaller original ↗

11 Feb 2021

2020

A 12.48 inch (1304x984) three-color e-paper display by Waveshare original ↗

22 Dec 2020

Most Technical debt is just bullshit original ↗

25 Sept 2020

This blog is now running on solar power original ↗

6 Jul 2020

Don't be afraid of RAID original ↗

22 May 2020

What home NAS builders should understand about silent data corruption original ↗

23 Apr 2020

Scrub your NAS hard drives regularly if you care about your data original ↗

22 Apr 2020

Benchmarking storage with Fio and generating charts of the results original ↗

21 Apr 2020

My home network setup based on managed switches and VLANs original ↗

10 Apr 2020

The impact of the MDADM bitmap on RAID performance original ↗

6 Apr 2020

Cryptocurrencies are detrimental to society original ↗

27 Mar 2020

Understanding Storage Performance - IOPS and Latency original ↗

21 Mar 2020

Difference of behavior in SATA Solid State Drives original ↗

28 Jan 2020

2019

Benchmarking a 1.44 MB floppy drive original ↗

16 Dec 2019

Fio-plot: creating nice charts from FIO storage benchmark data original ↗

27 Nov 2019

My home lab server with 20 cores / 40 threads and 128 GB memory original ↗

12 Aug 2019

My Ceph test cluster based on Raspberry Pi's and HP MicroServers original ↗

26 Jan 2019

2018

Compiling Ceph on the Raspberry Pi 3B+ (armhf) using Clang/LLVM original ↗

10 Nov 2018

Understanding Ceph: open-source scalable storage original ↗

19 Aug 2018

Setup a VPN on your iPhone with OpenVPN and Linux original ↗

18 Jun 2018

2017

HP Proliant Microserver Gen10 as router or NAS original ↗

14 Sept 2017

Using InfiniBand for cheap and fast point-to-point Networking original ↗

25 Mar 2017

2016

Tracking down a faulty Storage Array Controller with ZFS original ↗

15 Dec 2016

RAID 5 is perfectly fine for home usage original ↗

8 Sept 2016

ZFS: resilver performance of various RAID schemas original ↗

31 Jan 2016

The 'hidden' cost of using ZFS for your home NAS original ↗

2 Jan 2016

2015

ZFS performance on HP Proliant Microserver Gen8 G1610T original ↗

14 Aug 2015

The sorry state of CoW file systems original ↗

1 Mar 2015

Configuring SCST iSCSI target on Debian Linux (Wheezy)original ↗

1 Feb 2015

Why I Do Use ZFS as a File System for My NAS original ↗

29 Jan 2015

FreeBSD 10.1 unattended install over PXE & HTTP (no NFS)original ↗

16 Jan 2015

Creating configuration backups of HP procurve switches original ↗

12 Jan 2015

Configuring, attacking and securing VRRP on Linux original ↗

2 Jan 2015

2014

Systemd Forward Secure Sealing of system logs makes little sense original ↗

22 Nov 2014

Getting the Sitecom AC600 Wi-Fi adapter running on Linux original ↗

1 Nov 2014

The ZFS Event Daemon on Linux original ↗

29 Aug 2014

Installation of ZFS on Linux hangs on Debian Wheezy original ↗

29 Aug 2014

Please use ZFS with ECC Memory original ↗

27 Aug 2014

71 TiB DIY NAS based on ZFS on Linux original ↗

2 Aug 2014

ZFS: Performance and capacity impact of ashift=9 on 4K sector drives original ↗

30 Jul 2014

Achieving 2.3 GB/s with 16 x 4 TB drives original ↗

12 Jul 2014

Affordable server with server-grade hardware part II original ↗

20 Jun 2014

How to resolve extreme memory usage on Windows 2008 R2-based file servers original ↗

15 Jun 2014

My experiences with DFS replication on Windows 2008 R2 original ↗

15 Jun 2014

How traffic shaping can dramatically improve internet responsiveness original ↗

8 Mar 2014

Monitoring HP MSA P2000 G3 I/O latency with Nagios original ↗

4 Feb 2014

Creating a basic ZFS file system on Linux original ↗

1 Feb 2014

Why you should not use IPsec for VPN connectivity original ↗

28 Jan 2014

Achieving 450 MB/s network file transfers using Linux Bonding original ↗

7 Jan 2014

2013

Things you should consider when building a ZFS NAS original ↗

29 Dec 2013

ZFS on Linux: monitor cache hit ratio original ↗

23 Dec 2013

An affordable server platform based on server-grade hardware original ↗

13 Dec 2013

Eztables: simple yet powerful firewall configuration for Linux original ↗

16 Nov 2013

Script that shows smart values of all disks'original ↗

4 Oct 2013

Script that shows relevant disk information original ↗

1 Oct 2013

Finding a good blu-ray player for Mac OS X original ↗

22 Sept 2013

Linux: script that creates table of network interface properties original ↗

14 Aug 2013

How to compile HAProxy from source and setup a basic configuration original ↗

13 Aug 2013

Redhat explains why chroot is not a security feature original ↗

7 Aug 2013

overview of open-source load balancers original ↗

7 Aug 2013

I switched my blog from Blogofile to Pelican original ↗

6 Aug 2013

Using iSCSI with time machine and Super Duper original ↗

21 Jul 2013

Don't use cloud services if you care about secrecy of your data original ↗

30 Jun 2013

Why I believe the new Mac Pro won't be a great machine for gaming original ↗

22 Jun 2013

Improving iSCSI Native Multi Pathing Round Robin performance original ↗

26 May 2013

Creating storage benchmark charts with FIO and GNUplot original ↗

22 May 2013

Linode hacked: the dark side of cloud hosting original ↗

16 Apr 2013

Linode hacked: thoughts about cloud security original ↗

15 Apr 2013

Storage and I/O: reads vs. writes original ↗

1 Apr 2013

2012

Benchmark results of Random I/O performance of different RAID levels original ↗

31 Dec 2012

Statistics showing relevance of caching proxy original ↗

18 Dec 2012

Understanding IOPS, latency and storage performance original ↗

25 Nov 2012

Linux: get a list of al disks and their size original ↗

25 Nov 2012

Why VMware vSphere replication is changing the game original ↗

12 Nov 2012

Personal Security: erase your computer or phone before repair original ↗

4 Nov 2012

Why I bought a digital projector (Panasonic PT-AT5000E)original ↗

20 Oct 2012

Experiences running ZFS on Ubuntu Linux 12.04 original ↗

18 Oct 2012

Compiling Multicore PAR2 on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Precise Pangolin original ↗

15 Sept 2012

Setting up a Squid proxy with Clamav anti-virus using c-icap original ↗

26 Aug 2012