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What a week it’s been! After receiving all my parts from my first eBay order, then waiting on a set of M246M cables to come in the mail (oops), I was all set to get started… or was I? After some great “learning opportunities”, I was able to successfully boot my R710! Keep reading to see what all I learned along the way.
Continue reading “The Pursuit of Homelabs, Part 5 – IT LIVES!”
It’s time! In this post, I’ll be talking about the parts I chose, why I chose each one, and some of the lessons I’ve learned – oh boy, did I learn a lesson or two.
Continue reading “The Pursuit of Homelabs, Part 4 – Parts A-Plenty”
LAST TIME in THE PURSUIT OF HOMELABS, I talked about what my options were in upgrading my at-home resources I could use for virtualization and storage. Until I took the plunge, I didn’t want to get too much into the specifics of what my decision was. I’ve done my research. I’ve done a lot of window shopping. I’ve slept on it for a while. And now… I’ve got some parts in the mail! Keep reading to see why (and how) I chose Dell’s R710.
Sometimes you need to do things on your own schedule. Sometimes you have a set of tasks set up that will take a few days to run, and sometimes those tasks happen to be running across Patch Tuesday or whenever Microsoft releases an out-of-band update, meaning you can’t reboot to install the latest updates to your OS as soon as Microsoft tells you to. This is for you.
Earlier this week, I announced that I’m looking to expand the resources I have at my disposal for homelabbing, and just a few days ago, I posted a pretty lengthy list of criteria I took into account planning my potential expansion. Today, I’ll be talking about what my options for expansion are and how well they might fit my needs.
Continue reading “The Pursuit of Homelabs, Part 2 – What Are My Options?”
