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Big. Strong. Fast. Enterprise data storage & virtual compute — reliable, secure, and built to scale.
In this episode, we show you how to spin up a local LLM using Open WebUI and the 45Drives F-16 — a powerhouse server built for AI, storage, and virtualization. 🧠 What you'll learn: ✔️ How to run an LLM without a GPU ✔️ Open WebUI + Proxmox setup ✔️ Why NVMe, SATA & SAS matter…
Big news: HL15 2.0 production is rolling! Shipping starts soon, so if you haven’t placed your order yet, NOW is the time You spoke. We listened. And now... we're delivering the next evolution of HL 15 2.0 If you're building a serious Homelab server or looking to upgrade your ZFS…
Big news from the 45Drives team — we’re now VEEAM READY CERTIFIED! Our storage solutions have been trusted for backup for years, and now we’ve got the badge to prove it. Mitch is jumping into what this means (and why it matters) in a video dropping soon. 🎥 Stay tuned! #45Drives…
What’s the difference between Rocky Linux and RHEL? Rocky is a bug-for-bug rebuild of Red Hat Enterprise Linux — no subscriptions, no barriers, just enterprise-ready Linux you can install and use right now. Backed by @CIQ and the community (including us!), Rocky is fast, free,…
Are you passionate about pushing the limits of hardware design and want to work where innovation thrives? 45Drives is hiring a Mechanical Server Engineer to join our R&D team in Sydney, NS. Help shape the future of enterprise storage—where collaboration, autonomy, and impact…
Cloud storage is easy to get started with little hardware investment needed. However, total cost of ownership from monthly payments can quickly add up and exceed initial purchases of an on-prem storage solution. You’re locked into a never-ending bill that far exceeds the cost of…
🔥 It’s happening. 🔥 @deadmau5 is making a special appearance at the 45Drives Creator Summit in Wilmington, NC – Sept 8–12! We’ve teamed up to launch something entirely new: 45Studio — a division dedicated to enabling digital creators with ultra-quiet, high-performance servers…
ZFS 101 Webinar Alert! When: July 23rd at 2:00 pm EST What you need to know about all things ZFS This webinar provides fundamental knowledge of the ZFS File System. Through topics like RAID types, volume manager, filesystem, the ZFS storage hierarchy, and how ZFS can easily be…
💼 Reliable. Compact. Built for business. The Enterprise Client has been quietly powering workstations across industries fanless, Linux-based, and optimized for virtualized environments. With premium metal construction and a minimalist footprint, it fits anywhere and does…
ZFS 101 Webinar Alert! What you need to know about all things ZFS When: July 23nd at 2:00 pm EST This webinar provides fundamental knowledge of the ZFS File System. Through topics like RAID types, volume manager, filesystem, the ZFS storage hierarchy, and how ZFS can easily be…
🚨 Something beastly is brewing in the 45HomeLab... A compact powerhouse built for serious workloads. Guess what it is 👀 🔧 Follow @45HomeLab for more behind-the-scenes action. #45Drives #HomelabToEnterprise #ComingSoon
🐾Something beastly is powering up in the 45HomeLab… We’ve been quietly building a true powerhouse, and it’s about to unleash. You’ll see the full beast soon… but can you guess what it is? 👀 🧠Drop your wildest guess below! #45HomeLab #BeastlyBuild #PowerhouseTech…
🎉 We’re truly overwhelmed by the support and growth of the 45HomeLab community -thank you! 🎉 As part of the 45Drives family, we’ve always built enterprise-grade, open, and premium storage servers and now, with this incredible homelab movement, we’ve launched dedicated social…
🚀 Take a look inside our Stornado F16! With busbar power delivery for clean, reliable power and Direct-Wire Architecture for ultra-low latency performance, this server is built for serious stability and speed. No expanders. No compromises. Just pure efficiency. 🔗 See the specs…
Behind the scenes of our latest Tech Tips episode: We set out to push the Stornado F16 to its limits running a containerized large language model, deploying a ChatGPT-style chatbot without a GPU, and managing virtual machines via Proxmox. Watch the full test and setup breakdown…
We did it! 45Drives is now VEEAM READY CERTIFIED! That’s right, our enterprise storage servers are officially certified to work flawlessly with Veeam, one of the world’s leading data backup and disaster recovery platforms. If you're in the market for reliable, high-performance…
In the final episode of our Best Practices for Storage Architecture series, 45Drives shows you how to bulletproof your data against catastrophic loss. Learn how to set up off-site backups with ZFS replication and cloud sync using Backblaze B2—all through our Houston UI. Whether…
🚨 Public Proxmox Virtualization Webinar! 🚨 📅 Tomorrow, July 9th, 2025 🕓 2 PM Eastern Don’t miss your chance to join us LIVE as we dive into the current virtualization landscape, explore the software options available, and show you how 45Drives can be your single point of…
🎉 We’re truly overwhelmed by the support and growth of the 45HomeLab community -thank you! 🎉 As part of the 45Drives family, we’ve always built enterprise-grade, open, and premium storage servers and now, with this incredible homelab movement, we’ve launched dedicated social…
🚨 Public Proxmox Virtualization Webinar! 🚨 📅 Wednesday, July 9th, 2025 🕓 2 PM Eastern Don’t miss your chance to join us LIVE as we dive into the current virtualization landscape, explore the software options available, and show you how 45Drives can be your single point of…
