So my new home server was ready to take over from the existing server rack. Here is how I went about migrating everything over with the least downtime for vital services.
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Projects
Threadripper Build Part 2: Storage Boogaloo
Adding ZFS bulk storage to my new ESXi Threadripper all in one homelab. Here is the journey I went through getting this to work, and the issues I ran into.
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Building a Threadripper all in one homelab
So as part of downscaling the home lab, I needed to build a capable replacement for the existing 3 node vSAN cluster. Here’s a summary of my adventure, and the choices made along the way.
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Project Downscale: The Plan
So it is time. I have finally decided to downscale the server situation at home. This will be a big multi-stage project, so I need to lay out end goals and steps forward.
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Multiple wireless interfaces in VyOS
During the setup of a project of mine, I ran into an issue with VyOS where I couldn’t figure out how to setup multiple wireless interfaces. So after some digging around online and some help from a few people, I figured out a way to get it up and running.
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Homelab in your pocket
So I was just browsing reddit, and stumbled across this thing, the Fitlet 2. At first it just looked like a heatsink with antennas, so I had to look further. Turns out the specs of these things are pretty good for their form factor. This got me thinking, could this be a super portable VM host and mostly complete homelab site?
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