Category Archives: Virtualization

In my home lab I have a container running Nginx Proxy Manager (discussed in this previous post). This proxy allows for friendlier host names and SSL for various services in the lab. Using a wildcard DNS record and wildcard SSL … Continue reading →

I recently did some performance comparisons between NFS and iSCSI on a Synology DS723+ NAS. When creating the iSCSI LUNs from within the Synology, there is a ‘Space Allocation’ drop down that has two values: Thick Provisioning (better performance) and … Continue reading →

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 →