A refined, consistent, and practice-focused guide for running Btrfs efficiently on your at1 server. The structure emphasizes clarity, reliability, and long-term maintainability.

1. Overview

Btrfs is a modern copy-on-write filesystem designed for environments where integrity, snapshots, and flexibility are essential. It excels with:

Smartmontools – Comprehensive Monitoring Guide

Overview

Smartmontools is an essential tool for monitoring SSDs and HDDs in modern server environments. It identifies early signs of hardware degradation, provides detailed diagnostics, and integrates seamlessly into automated maintenance workflows. This guide delivers a production‑ready configuration, clear threshold recommendations, structured troubleshooting, operational best practices, and an automated daily health‑check script for the server at1.

Voraussetzungen

• Zwei leere Festplatten (z. B. /dev/sda und /dev/sdb)
• Root-Zugriff
• Debian 12 oder neuer

1. Vorbereitung: Platten löschen und partitionieren

wipefs -a /dev/sda
wipefs -a /dev/sdb

parted -s /dev/sda mklabel gpt
parted -s /dev/sda mkpart primary 0% 100%

parted -s /dev/sdb mklabel gpt
parted -s /dev/sdb mkpart primary 0% 100%

2.

This guide explains how to configure a Samba share on Debian 13 (Trixie) and connect to it from a Windows 10 laptop in the local LAN (192.168.0.0/24). It also covers integration with FireHOL firewall rules and using the share with BorgBackup.