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Project Downscale: Migration

Project Downscale: Migration

17 August 20201 January 2021Alex Kalinin

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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Networking, Projects, Servers ESXi, Project Downscale, vyos, ZFS 4 Comments
Threadripper Build Part 2: Storage Boogaloo

Threadripper Build Part 2: Storage Boogaloo

2 July 20202 July 2020Alex Kalinin

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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Projects, Servers ESXi, Project Downscale, ZFS Leave a comment
Building a Threadripper all in one homelab

Building a Threadripper all in one homelab

2 June 202016 July 2020Alex Kalinin

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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Projects, Servers Project Downscale, servers 3 Comments
Lab evolution

Project Downscale: The Plan

19 May 202019 May 2020Alex Kalinin

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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Projects, Servers Project Downscale 3 Comments
Fitlet2

Multiple wireless interfaces in VyOS

4 April 20204 April 2020Alex Kalinin

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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Fitlet2

Homelab in your pocket

27 March 202025 April 2020Alex Kalinin

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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Projects, Servers fitlet2, vyos 12 Comments

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  • Threadripper Build Part 2: Storage Boogaloo
  • Building a Threadripper all in one homelab
  • Project Downscale: The Plan

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