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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
State of the lab 2020

State of the lab 2020

16 May 202016 May 2020Alex Kalinin

Over the last few years, my homelab has gone from zero to being out of control. Having a homelab allows me to learn a lot of skills such as networking and managing infrastructure for virtualised workloads. Here I will try and summary the lab hardware, and the software being used.

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Networking, Servers colocation, homelab, vmware, vsan 3 Comments
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
Server rack

Migrating to a new home

15 December 201919 March 2020Alex Kalinin

So it was time to move to a new home, and as everyone knows, the top priority for any new place of residence is somewhere to keep the server rack. Luckily for me, this place conveniently came with a cupboard that was perfect for the job. I’m sure this was the intended use case when designed the place.

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  • Threadripper Build Part 2: Storage Boogaloo
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