Author Archives: brian.wuchner

I recently resolved a rather odd issue in my home lab.  I don’t fully understand how the symptoms and solution line up, but am writing this article for my future self… if the issue returns I’ll at least have notes … Continue reading →

After a recent post on Synology iSCSI vs NFS (https://enterpriseadmins.org/blog/virtualization/esxi-datastore-performance-battle-iscsi-vs-nfs-on-synology-nas-with-vaai/) I realized that I had overlooked some important performance characteristics and wanted to follow up to the post. First, the Synology DSM version being used during both tests was 7.2-64570 … Continue reading →

I recently got my hands on a new Synology DS723+ and a couple of 4TB HDD disks for my home lab. My plan is to use this device as a backup target, either as a storage destination for my existing … Continue reading →

Have you ever had a new site come online and want to validate that the items in a subscriber content library are in sync? Or experience some storage issues/corruption and want to make sure your sync’d library is still intact? … Continue reading →