Reference Guides

This page is dedicated as an overview and umbrella for the multiple aspects of Compute, Networking and Software.

Hardware Vendors

  • Dell
    • Consumer and Retail
      • Personal Computers
      • Laptops
    • Enterprise and Small Business
      • Servers
        • PowerEdge
        • Infrastructure Management Software

  • Cisco
    • Consumer and Retail Cisco
      • Consumer Networking Cisco
        • Cisco Routers – Consumer
        • Cisco Switches – Consumer
      • Enterprise and Small Business Cisco
        • Cisco Routers
        • Cisco Switches
          • Pre-2010
          • Pre-2020
        • Cisco Network Appliances
          • Cisco Security

  • Hewlett-Packard (HP)
    • Consumer and Retail HP
      • HP Personal Computers
      • HP Laptops

  • Asus
    • Consumer and Retail Asus
      • Personal Computers Asus
        • Asus Personal Computers
        • Asus Laptops
      • Consumer Networking Asus
        • Asus Routers
          • Asus RT-AX Series Routers
          • Asus RT-AC Series Routers

  • Lenovo
    • Consumer and Retail Lenovo
      • Lenovo Personal Computers
      • Lenovo Laptops

  • Ubiquity
    • Networking
      • UniFi
      • Edge Series
        • EdgeOS (Router FW/OS)
        • ER-4 / ER-8 / ER-12 …
        • ER-X
        • ERLite
        • ER Pro
        • EdgeMax
    • Storage
      • UNAS
    • Security
      • Cameras
  • Linksys
    • Routers
    • Switches

  • Belkin
    • Routers
    • Switches

  • TP-Link
    • Routers
    • Switches

  • Buffalo
    • Networking
      • Routers
    • Storage
      • NAS
  • Generic Brands (Asustor, Beelink, YuanLi, Steamemo, XikeStor, Minisforum, Qotom, others…)

Storage Related Topics

Storage Hardware Configurations

  • Network Attached Storage (NAS)
  • Direct Attached Storage (DAS)

Storage File Systems

  • ZFS
  • RAID
  • btrfs
  • XFX
  • exFAT
  • LVM (Logical Volume Management)
  • FAT (FAT16, FAT32)
  • NTFS (Windows-compatible File System)
  • …

Storage Networking

  • NFS – Network File Storage
  • GlusterFS
  • Ceph
  • S3
  • …

Networking 3rd Party Firmware Options

  • OpenWRT
  • DD-WRT
  • Tomato
  • AsusWRT / AsusWRT-merlin
  • …

Networking Operating Systems (Router Operating Systems)

  • OPNsense
  • pfSense
  • SophosXG
  • …