Mastering TrueNAS, ZFS & Ceph: Practical Storage & Backup Strategies for Home Labs to Scale-Out Environments.

By Hollis Denning

Master the storage backbone of the modern world - from homelabs to enterprise datacenters.

In a digital age where data is everything, your storage and backup systems are either your strongest defense or your greatest weakness. Storage & Backup Systems (TrueNAS, ZFS, Ceph) is the definitive, practice-first guide to building reliable, secure, and high-performance storage infrastructures that scale from a single NAS to enterprise-grade, distributed clusters.

Inside this book, you'll discover a step-by-step journey that combines real-world deployments, deep dives into critical technologies, and extended practice labs so you can learn by building:

What You Will LearnFoundations of Storage & Backup
Block, file, and object storage explained; RAID, JBOD, and erasure coding; backup vs. replication vs. archival - all demystified with clarity.TrueNAS in Action
Deploy TrueNAS CORE and SCALE, configure pools, datasets, and shares, and unlock advanced features: snapshots, replication, encryption, plugins, jails, containers, Kubernetes, and VM support.ZFS Deep Dive
Understand ZFS architecture, Copy-on-Write, ARC/L2ARC/ZIL, snapshots, clones, deduplication, send/receive replication, encryption, and tuning for maximum performance.Ceph for Distributed Storage
Explore Ceph's MON, OSD, MDS, and RGW components; deploy high-availability clusters; integrate CephFS and RBD; scale with confidence; monitor with dashboards; and connect Kubernetes with Ceph-CSI for stateful workloads.Backup & Disaster Recovery
Implement Borg, Restic, and Veeam; automate cloud sync with S3, Wasabi, and Backblaze B2; design incremental/differential/synthetic backup strategies; apply the 3-2-1 backup rule; test failovers with real disaster recovery simulations.Security & Compliance
Protect storage with encryption at rest/in transit, role-based access control, immutable snapshots against ransomware, WORM storage for compliance, HIPAA/GDPR audit readiness, and air-gapped vault designs.Hands-On ProjectsBuild a TrueNAS-powered homelab media server with Plex.Design an enterprise-grade backup vault with ZFS + Borg.Deploy a high-availability Ceph cluster for Kubernetes workloads.Appendices for Professionals
CLI cheat sheets (TrueNAS, ZFS, Ceph), hardware compatibility lists (HDDs, SSDs, NICs, HBAs), troubleshooting playbooks, extended lab solutions, and curated further reading resources.Why This Book?

Unlike generic manuals, this book is a complete blueprint: you don't just learn concepts - you practice with guided labs, real architectures, and step-by-step recovery scenarios. Every page prepares you to design systems that don't just store data, but defend it against failure, corruption, ransomware, and disaster.

Whether you're:

A homelab enthusiast building a reliable Plex server, A DevOps/Kubernetes engineer needing persistent volumes at scale, An enterprise architect tasked with compliance-ready disaster recovery,
This book gives you the skills, configurations, and proven workflows to succeed.The Future of Storage is in Your Hands.

Data never sleeps - and neither can your storage systems. Equip yourself with the ultimate guide to TrueNAS, ZFS, and Ceph and build infrastructures that last.

Get your copy today and become the engineer your data deserves.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0FPXGQ2KH
• ISBN13: 9798263855420
• Release Date: September 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 388 Pages
• Weight: 1.98 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 8.5" x 11.0"