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🖥️ Moderated by: devalexwhite · 😴 284 days
The Lackrack begins! I've just finished putting together a lackrack with casters, as well as a top and bottom table surface. Next up is a patch panel, used Cisco WS-C3650, re-cased used Lenovo TS460, UPS, industrial 5v power supplies, and as many spare Raspberry Pis in 3D printed rackmount enclosures as I dare. The beefiest system will be running NetBSD and Xen for virtualization, leveraging ZFS on the storage. 64 GB of RAM and several WD Reds should do nicely. I'm thinking Kubernetes/...
💬 2 comments · May 20 · 6 days ago
10tb cheap drives — folks i remember someone found 10tb cheap hard drives somewhere, maybe on ebay? or maybe you know where to get sech drives? i found some drives used for 5 years in data center, but refubrished and with 5 years warranty. is it possible? and they contain helium instead of air. have you heard of such a technology? thank you.
💬 2 comments · Mar 23 · 2 months ago
It all started with a snap! — As of today, I am running just over 70 docker containers (but no snaps) on my Ubuntu host server whirring away in my electronics cabinet. I run my own DNS with Pihole, I stream my movies with Jellyfin, I automate my home with Home Assistant, I serve my own push notifications with Ntfy and the list goes on. I self-host all these services today but it all started with "sudo snap install nextcloud". In the beginning I used almost all of Nextcloud's services. It seemed...
💬 3 comments · 4 likes · 2023-12-14 · 5 months ago
Free idea for those who are interested: gemini capsule on esp32 or small linux SBC powered by solar and wind energy
💬 2 comments · 2023-11-10 · 7 months ago
Looking in the electronics trash at my company, I found a nice 4 TB hdd. Unfortunately, the drive was in the trash for a reason, the SMART report indicated some errors. When I ran the `badblocks` command, a dozen of bad blocks were found, all lumped toogether at the end of the drive. I still want to use the drive, if only for data I won't be too sad to loose. How should I process? Can I make partition around the block? Is there a way to tell the filesystem not to use those blocks? What should I...
💬 3 comments · 2023-07-01 · 11 months ago
Homelab: The Smol Perspective While perusing the thread of people's setups, I was chuffed to see a strong pressence of 'smol' computers: SBCs, repurposed equipment, aging machines and related kin. I suppose it isn't surprising here in the gemisphere. Sparked up a lot of related thoughts I've been mulling over that seem appropriate for this space. As time goes on, I find myself reflecting more and more on the subjects of permaculture, accessibility, how technology meets humanity (and doesn't),...
💬 5 comments · 4 likes · 2023-06-28 · 11 months ago
Does anyone know how to get old stuff trashed by enterprises? Is it a good way to get cheaper stuff?
💬 4 comments · 2023-06-19 · 11 months ago
What’s everyone running in their homelab? I’m just getting started with mine, but here’s what I have so far: Unraid running on a Pentium G3220/16 GB RAM/2x4TB box I built in college PiHole docker on Unraid NextCloud docker on Unraid Agate Gemini server on a Ubuntu Server VM on the NAS Ubiquiti Dream Machine SE for routing and as an NVR with a 4Tb drive 3 Ubiquiti U6 Lite PoE APs 3 Ubiquiti G5 Flex PoE cameras 1 Ubiquiti G4 Instant WiFi camera I’ve got a M1 Mac Mini I’m looking to throw Asahi...
💬 11 comments · 2 likes · 2023-06-15 · 11 months ago