Editorial desk
OpenMediaVaultLab Editorial
The editorial desk that publishes OpenMediaVaultLab. It is a byline for the site's editorial process, not a person, and this page carries no author biography because there is no individual author to describe.
How this desk works
- Articles are researched from primary sources: vendor and project documentation, published standards and specifications, release notes, advisories, and measurements published by the people who took them.
- Drafts are produced with AI assistance and then edited against those same sources before publication.
- Nothing published here claims hands-on lab testing, benchmarking, or first-hand measurement. Where a figure comes from a datasheet or someone else's test, the article names the source.
- Corrections go to hello@openmediavaultlab.com and are made on the affected page. Funding is set out on the disclosure page.
Posts (8)
- getting-started
How to Create a Shared Folder in OpenMediaVault 8
Create a shared folder in OpenMediaVault 8, set privileges and ACLs, then publish it over SMB or NFS without the usual permission errors.
- comparisons
OpenMediaVault vs Unraid: Which NAS OS Should You Pick?
OpenMediaVault vs Unraid compared on price, mixed-disk arrays, Docker Compose, VMs and upgrades, with a clear pick for small homelab NAS builds.
- getting-started
OpenMediaVault Docker Compose Setup: The OMV 8 Plugin Route
OpenMediaVault Docker Compose setup on OMV 8: the omv-extras plugin, shared folder layout, Docker storage off the OS disk, a first stack and backups.
- homelab
How to Install OpenMediaVault 8 on Raspberry Pi
Install OpenMediaVault 8 on a Raspberry Pi using Raspberry Pi OS Lite, wired networking, USB storage, SMB shares, backups, and secure remote access.
- hardware
OpenMediaVault 8 System Requirements: RAM, CPU and Disks
OpenMediaVault needs 1 GiB RAM and a 4 GiB system drive at minimum. See the recommended 8 GiB RAM, CPU, CMR disk and network specs for OMV 8.
- comparisons
OpenMediaVault vs TrueNAS: Plugins, Storage and Upgrades
Compare OpenMediaVault vs TrueNAS on omv-extras plugins, filesystem choice, RAM and Debian upgrades, with Synology as the appliance alternative.
- troubleshooting
OpenMediaVault SMB Slow? 4 Checks Before Tuning
Seeing 11 MB/s or 40–70 MB/s? Test the network, storage, Samba and client in order to diagnose slow OpenMediaVault SMB transfers before tuning.
- getting-started
OpenMediaVault Filesystems and Shared Folders Explained
Choose an OpenMediaVault filesystem, mount data disks and create shared folders for SMB. Compare RAID, mergerfs and parity before copying files.