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Hardware, Homelab, Software - August 19, 2022

Lessons From My Homelab

I have been running a homelab for some time now, and it has taken a few different iterations during its lifespan. It’s grown from a single server setup to a multi-node HA configuration that guzzled power and hard drives using old enterprise machines. Recently I’ve gone through a move and done some planning to downsize and make my homelab a bit more compact, and it got me thinking a bit about all the things I have learnt from the lab and its different forms. I wanted to write up this post to share some of the lessons I have had running and learning with this homelab to hopefully help you make a better decision about starting a lab or the one you are running right now that needs a pick me up to get building on it again.

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Hardware, LSI, Storage - July 22, 2022

Homelab guide to the LSI 9211-8i

While learning about servers or the homelab community, you might have heard mentions and recommendations of the LSI 9211-8i HAB card. The card has had a long history, and some information on it has become unclear. This article will aim to clarify some of those details so you can know what the card does and how you can use it in your setup. We will learn about the typical applications for these cards, which business is currently making these HBA cards, and how that affects some of the information about these cards, finally, how we can flash these cards with firmware to get new features or lock some features of the cards depending on your application.

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Hardware, Homelab - July 9, 2022

Building A Dell R610 Homelab

When you're looking to set up a homelab to learn more about running applications or administering computers effectively, You can get away with running labs on your computer. Still, you might start hitting bottlenecks on CPU and memory resources, or your current computer doesn't have the features or hardware you want more hands-on time.

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