SMART
NAS Integrity for Home Labs: Scrubs, SMART, ECC, Checksums, and a Real Restore
09/12/2026
A practical NAS integrity routine: ZFS scrubs, SMART tests, snapshots, checksums, ECC expectations, backup verification, and actual restore drills.
Your NAS Is Dying in a Closet: Fix Heat, Dust, Power, and Neglect
06/22/2026
A NAS is a small server, and closets are often bad server rooms. Check airflow, power, alerts, disks, and restore paths before it fails quietly.
What Should You Monitor in a Homelab?
06/22/2026
Monitor the things that would make recovery harder or affect the household: internet, DNS, router, UPS, NAS disks, backup jobs, storage capacity, certificates, critical containers, and remote access. Start with alerts you.