So, now being a month into social distancing, it turns out that I’ve have plenty of time to enact some changes that I’ve been wanting to put into place. However, I then haven’t put in the time to actually write about said changes. Today, I correct that oversight, but perhaps not in precise chronological order. […]
lab rework ahead – part 1
It has been nearly a year since my last update, and the only excuse is truly that I have been busy and the lab setup has needed some fine tuning. When last we visited the environment, I talked about how the network configuration I intended to use was not going to work. The rule of […]
more on networking
After an unintentional break from working on my lab, and writing about it, I figured today was a good time to jump back in and give a bit more insight into my networking woes that I mentioned in the last post. The short version is that the original design of my lab network was built […]
base building
Despite numerous setbacks and failed attempts to bootstrap the heart of the lab, I was able to finally get things rolling over the weekend. As a quick review, I chose to use two SuperMicro SuperServer E300-8D machines as the core hardware due to their small footprint, quiet operation, low power consumption, and performance specs. Each […]
it’s the network
My original intention was to bootstrap the SuperMicros ahead of getting the network setup, but there have been some bumps in the road. It appears my originally chosen NVMe drives are somehow partially incompatible with my grand design. I say partially, because they show up and pass S.M.A.R.T. checks, but they seem to be immune, […]
the hardware cometh
Welcome to the first installment of my first big project for the site: my nerd-tastic journey to build an advanced home computing lab. The primary purpose for assembling this technological terror is so that I will have easy access to a platform for testing out virtualization, cloud, container, and automation systems. Per my job, I […]
alpha posting!
After many years resisting heavy technology investment and implementation at home, since it’s my day job, I’ll be undertaking some big projects. First and foremost, this newly redesigned site, and then I’ll be documenting the journey here. Stay tuned! (Same Bat-time, same Bat-channel…)