Hands-on benchmark of Nube’s new Hong Kong Intel D-1747NTE dedicated servers ("杜甫"): brand‑new hardware, software RAID, and important caveats around 95th‑percentile billing. Covers monthly vs. long‑term pricing and policies, plus detailed YABS, Geekbench, system benchmark, IP quality, and network performance data to help with capacity planning and use‑case selection.

This post introduces MDCNG, an open‑source AV library scraping and management tool. It supports 30+ metadata sources, AI-based poster cropping, directory monitoring, Emby actor integration and multiple organization modes. With Docker deployment, step‑by‑step config, and practical filtering tips, you can batch‑clean and reorganize your Emby AV library with minimal effort.

Hands‑on benchmark of the Minisforum 890Pro with an all‑big‑core Ryzen 9 8945HS, dual SK Hynix P41 1TB NVMe SSDs, DDR5‑5600 RAM, and 2.5G NIC. Shows Debian/PVE hardware detection, SMART health, temperatures, and multiple benchmarks (Yabs, Geekbench 5/6, PassMark, byte‑unixbench). Also discusses the trade‑offs versus HX370 and the newly released 9955HX.

Introducing NetMirror, a self-developed modern Looking Glass panel built with Vue 3 and TailwindCSS. It offers responsive UI, integrated ping/traceroute/iPerf3/Speedtest/BGP tools, real-time traffic charts, and an interactive shell. Designed for multi-region, multi-node setups with master/secondary switching, secure gRPC communication, and one-click Docker deployment. Includes live demo and open-source repo.

Walkthrough for deploying Scrutiny with Docker to add visual SMART monitoring to your NAS or server drives. Learn how to auto-discover disks, track temperature and lifetime trends, configure failure alerts, customize collection frequency with cron, and set up notifications, with a complete docker-compose example.

This post benchmarks Nube.sh’s new Japan-region AMD Ryzen 9 9950X dedicated server: 10Gbps direct connect with dual 10G uplinks, 192GB DDR5 ECC, and a self-built BGP backbone (PCCWG, Lumen, Cogent, NTT) spanning multiple IXPs in Hong Kong, Singapore, and Japan. With better thermals than similar Supermicro high-density builds and strong Yabs/iperf3 and Geekbench scores, it’s well-suited for high-performance and cross-border workloads.

This post benchmarks HostDZire’s self-operated India AMD EPYC 7K62 VPS hosted in Iron Mountain Mumbai with VMware virtualization. The tested plan offers 16 vCPUs, 32 GB RAM, 240 GB NVMe and 8 TB @ 10 Gbps for €27.2/year. Includes Yabs and PassMark results, network quality and BGP checks, plus discussion of overselling, stability risks and node-migration policy.

This post benchmarks DDPS’s Japan VPS offering based on AMD Ryzen 9 7900/9900X. The tested TY-4G plan provides 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 80 GB NVMe, and 2 TB traffic on a 10 Gbps port, with IIJ NRT10 and Equinix TY8 datacenters available. Yabs and Geekbench scores are solid, but manual provisioning and very slow ticket responses are major red flags, so order with caution.

Hands-on benchmark of a second-hand Leaseweb E5-1650 v2 dedicated server: 35€ for 48TB of HDD storage and unmetered 1Gbps bandwidth. This post walks through the full hardware configuration, RAID layout, disk health, sequential write and Yabs benchmarks, plus NWS network tests, and compares value for money against the 40€ E-2388G to judge whether this now‑discontinued box is still worth buying.

This guide walks you through mounting a Hostbrr Storagebox to OpenAlist/Alist, enabling WebDAV for multi-service backups. It also includes a complete Rclone configuration and sync example over FTP, plus instructions for mounting remote storage locally with rclone mount and a quick Rsync backup example to build a cost-effective backup setup fast.

This post uncovers the mysterious provider Verasel: offline onboarding only, crypto-only payments, no billing panel, and a focus on high‑bandwidth dedicated servers and privacy. With multiple ASNs, flexible IP replacement, and proactive rerouting under congestion, Verasel looks more like a premium managed host. Includes real‑world benchmarks for an E3‑1230V2 + 32G + 480G SSD, 1G unmetered line.

This guide walks through mounting OneDrive for Business with Rclone from installation to configuration. Learn how to register an Azure app, obtain Client ID/Client Secret, configure API permissions, and use a self‑hosted private API to avoid OneDrive throttling and connection drops, then sync the config to your server.