The storage Guy

The storage Guy

Latest — 08 Jan 2026

Running Pi-hole + Unbound on Ugreen With MacVLAN

Most people install Pi-hole to block ads and some people install Unbound for privacy. The two combined is a very powerful adblocking private dns server. We will set up Pi-hole to filter out ad and tracking domains, and it will use Unbound for upstream so all DNS queries stay private.

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Easiest way to Install a Complete Media Automation Stack on Ugreen ( arr suite - Sonarr, Radarr, Prowlarr, bazarr, Jellyfin, Plex, transmission + VPN)

Prefer watching over reading? This guide is also available on YouTube Watch on youtube If you ever wanted to automate your media where searching, downloading, organizing, and streaming happens automatically , then this is the stack to deploy. I will show you how to install it on your Ugreen without having

Install iCloudPD on Ugreen NAS for iCloud Photos backup

Prefer watching over reading? This guide is also available on YouTube Watch on youtube With icloudpd, you can automatically download your entire iCloud photo library to your NAS and keep it safely stored on your own hardware. I will show you how to easily install it on Ugreen. But before

Easily Download YouTube Videos/Playlist with Metube on Ugreen NAS

MeTube is a simple and efficient tool for downloading individual YouTube videos or entire playlists. It provides a lightweight web interface powered by yt-dlp, all running safely inside a Docker container. Just paste a video or playlist URL, click download, and you’re done - nothing more to it. In

Easily run vaultwarden on your Ugreen on your tailnet (GUI based setup )

I will show you a clean and easy way to run Vaultwarden on a UGREEN NAS using Docker + Tailscale Serve, with automatic HTTPS and no reverse proxy. No https certificate to manage, no reverse proxy to configure. We will only run one command and everything else will be done using

LTO-10’s 40TB Explained (Not Areal Density but material engineering this time)

The 40 TB LTO-10 variant uses a simple trick : add about 33% more tape to get about 33% more capacity much like the old 180 / 120 VHS tapes. By switching to an aramid film base, they were able to pack that extra tape without increaing the cartridge footprint

Running Unraid on a UGREEN NAS (DXP4800 / 6800 / 2800 Series)

UGREEN NAS devices ship with UGOS (Debian-based OS + web UI). If you want to try Unraid, you can run it from a USB stick. Unraid boots off the USB disk and doesnt affect your UGOS installation ( as long as you dont include system disk in array) Create Unraid USB Boot

Install Immich on Ugreen NAS - The Easy way with GUI

I will show you how to install Immich - the open-source self-hosted photo and video backup solution on your Ugreen NAS without touching the command line at all. Step 1 : Create the Directories You have to create the directories first which will host your immich installation. I like to create

End of RDX : Tandberg Data’s Exit and What It Means

Let me take you back to the days when DDS/DAT tapes ruled the backup scene. A DDS-90 tape used to cost just 2 dollars - the cheapest tape I ever sold in my life. It also turned out to be one of the most successful backup technologies ever. Sony

Seagate Exos All Part numbers Current and EOL - 2025 version

Seagate’s Exos keep growing both in capacity and in features. New models are introduced almost every quarter, while many older ones are refreshed or made end-of-life (EOL) status. Getting a list of current Exos models is easy. What’s harder is knowing which part number existed just a few

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